Artists tend to be people that look for sources of inspiration, whether or not they realize they're doing it. I notice that many artists have quotations on their web sites or in their signature lines on Internet discussion forums and blogs. I naturally placed a quote on my blog here from Leonardo Da Vinci that I found to be inspirational.

I was recently trying to remember a quote, but I only had a fragment or basic idea of it. Basically it was saying that the word "try" was a negative word that lacked the confidence to move forward. The word "try" implies that you are open to failure or may even expect it. Anyway, I thought I heard Cesar Millan (The Dog Wisperer) make a comment about not trying, but doing. He must have seen the movie Star Wars.

Here are two quotes that I find inspirational as an artist.