When the gods gift you with the type of talent Robin had, there’s a price to pay, there always is — it doesn’t come from nothing, It comes from … probably deep problems inside, a concern, all sorts of fears, and yet he could always channel those things and turn them into something gold … I think that just comes with the territory, frankly.
The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.Émile Zola as quoted in Wisdom for the Soul by Larry Chang