[QUOTE=Sage Oz;53477]
Quote Originally Posted by vito View Post
The machine didn't do the work, you do. /QUOTE]

I hear that argument all the time when an artist wants to be cheap with his machines. They are exactly like cars on a smaller scale, but just as important. Yes you can drive from LA to NY in a '83 Tempo and yes make the trip(if the lack of quality doesn't break down the car) but you won't win the cannonball run and it surely won't be as smooth, comfortable or stylish as in a Lambo. yes, the driver wins the race, just as the artist paints the picture, but the driver still requires a quality, well built and designed vehicle to transmit his actions accurately and efficently to the road, and the artist needs quality brushes, paints and canvas to best create his designs. If you believe you don't need a decent machine to be a good artist then why even use a machine at all?
If its worth doing, it's worth doing well, and an ego that doesn't allow you to accept that your work might suffer in speed and/or quality from lower quality equiptment is the same ego that will make you think you are a better artist than you may really be.

True that!!! Sage Oz knows!