''The yesterdays are the memories that can live

on forever with us and eat away the present time.'' 

''If we address each person we meet to day with ... 

''My fellow sufferer'' 

then we have a true understanding of being human.''

''Speaking the truth makes enemies but it's better

 than being with people who live in lies.''

''All mankind's knowledge is learned or invented 

by thought and that includes all religions.''

''You want people to pay attention to what you have
to say ....
hit them with a sledgehammer and then you'll notice  
you have got their strict and undivided attention, 
and maybe even with a smile on their face too.''

''If you wake up in the morning thinking something

 wonderful will happen ... well it just did .... 

you woke up.''

''Never let go of what you feel is right just because 

someone else has a problem with it.''

''The birds don't sing 

no more-nomore-nomore.''

 ''Judging a person does not tell you who they are 

but what it will do is to tell you who you are.''

''People who have a sarcastic personality tend 

to be more honest and upfront with you, 

better to have a friend like this than one who 

is sweet to your face and then back-stab you.''

''If you are content in what you are doing you 
will have an inner peace and if you are not,

you will always be in conflict with yourself.''

''What young people are taught by others and what they hear 

and see, what they are taught to believe also what they 

experience in early life will determine not only their future 

but the future for mankind, so generally things will not change 

 at any great speed.''

''Emotion and Reason ... it's a delicate balance that if you 
were to lose either one or both there's no telling what's 
going to happen, because both situations have a 
long time effect of no-return.'' 

''People that have artistic interests, it is said are also 
the ones that are most prone to depression, guilt, 
anxiety, stress, insatiability and loneliness ....

well that just about sums-me up ... 
 I think now I can call myself a fully fledged 
artist with a bag load of shit.''

''Creativity results from the interaction of all things 

within cultures that contains symbolic rules, and an artist 

 who brings the creativity into the symbolic domain which 

allows for the conscious mind to assess it's surroundings.''  

''Politicians come with a 'Non-Negotiation guide book'

to Negotiation for what's best for you, country 

and the world too.''

''A good deal of the problems in this world 
is because of people talking bullshit.''

''The majority of people have their two sides ...

 one they show to the world, and
 the other they hide from the world ...

it is best to try to live with both in balance.''

''If you do not have enough time in your life to do the 

things you really want to do then maybe don't give 

your time away to Facebook, it's in control and you 

are in habit with little to gain.''

''I try to make my sculptures with feeling and not with knowing.''

Speaking as an Artist:

''If there is one word that describes and makes creative people 'different' from other human beings it is the word ... complexity ... well, 

maybe two words now that I think about it ... paradox.''

''The one who tells you to ''smell the roses''

is a romantic, the one who tells you

''smell the thorns'' is a realist.''

''Rename Adam and Eve as Jack and Jill how

does the Garden of Eden story read to you now?.''

''If you want something you never had 

then do something you are not doing ...

be your self.''

''Speaking as an atheist ... if there is a god,

one that likes a joke, I would think that atheism

 would seem less of an insult and treat to him 

then religion does.''

''Some of the monkeys are getting off my back ....

                               but the circus is still in town.''

''You have to believe in yourself even if 

                                    nobody else does.''