However, an artist is limited only by his own skill and imagination. He’s in total control of his art. Whereas nature is the artist here, and I merely try to interpret and manage her design.

Crit Kincaid
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Albert Einstein was a great scientist, but he thought that the greatest thing about being an artist was that you are in total control. He felt that it’s the only job where you are really in control. The person who is not in control will never understand what an artist does.

Source: A Wounded World

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