The artist is not responsible to any one. His social role is asocial… his only responsibility consists in an attitude to the work he does. – Georg Baselitz
Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. – Henry David Thoreau
Its been very important throughout my career that Ive met all the guys Ive copied, because at each stage theyve said, Dont play like me, play like you. – Eric Clapton
