Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.
I was hired as a sous-chef at a restaurant on the Upper East Side. The chef liked to drink - some mornings we would find him sleeping. Two weeks after its opening, I became the chef. I was 20 years old, and way over my head. I had to hire the cooks and do the menus.
If history is any indication, all truths will eventually turn out to be false.