The look, feel, sound and pace of a Richard Lester Black & White Beatles movie.

Barney Bubbles.

The Factory, NYC... particularly for discovering  Edie Sedgwick.

Factory Records, Manchester, England... for phenomenal music, and the graphic art of Peter Saville.

Blade Runner.

Hiroshige Utagawa.

Don Letts.

Salvador Dali.

Georgia O'Keeffee.

Ansel Adams.

Da Vinci.

Frank Lloyd Wright.

Haruki Murakami.

Anyone adept at putting things together, unexpectedly... and aesthetically.