A Quote by Boris Vallejo
There have been many different artists that have been inspirational. I suppose the question is directed to what was the reason why I went into fantasy illustration.
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I have very much been a guy who's acknowledged how many women have directed me, have produced... it's been unbelievable.
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There has been a lot of bad fantasy in the past - I'm by no means saying that all classic fantasy out there is bad - but there has been a lot of bad fantasy written by people who read a lot of fantasy and so all they keep doing is recycling it.
It present to allow me to ask myself questions about what I'm doing. I think that's what visual art does - it either reminds you of something or allows you to question something. I don't know why Robert Motherwell; I love so many different artists.
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