"Father Pollution and Mother Nature," Sam will answer.
"How do you practice?" another might query.
"I don't, I just know that I'm ready when I'm ready. It's like riding a bike," he tells them.
"What kind of paintings do you like to do?"
"Everything, anything. I never like to do the same thing twice. I like everything to be a challenge."
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"Don't you mind that your paintings don't last very long," a worried aficionado will ask.
"No, I don't mind," Sam will tell him. "My paintings are like old soldiers: they never die, they just fade away."