so anyway - back to the plot...

"Without hard work, talent is not enough" H. Matisse

"A moment of complete happiness never occurs in the creation of a work of art. The promise is felt in the act of creation, but disappears towards the completion of the work" L. Freud

"Art is a method of opening up areas of feeling rather than merely an illustration of an object" F. Bacon

"Make the mind do the work - describe only part of the scene so well that the mind does the rest." A Chekov