As an artist I am an idealist. Idealism is integral to making art. In the landscape of one’s mind one is always striving for something beyond the edges of the possible. In making art there is no compromise, for compromise is a form of defeat. But even in this quest for the ideal, there are parameters. In sculpture, for example, there is gravity. If you want to make an object that exists in the physical world, you must consider it.  If you don’t, your object will fall down.