“But, of course, you know, it’s terrible to rationalize about painting because you know that, while you’re creating it, you can have all sorts of things in your mind consciously that you want to do and that really won’t be done. You won’t be finished until the most unexpected and surprising things happen.” ~ Philip Guston

This sums up my afternoon of painting!
Not sure if you mean that in a good sense or not?
I’ve been away . now it is great to get a whole dose of artists’s quotes. We are pretty much the same.