''We all cannot be saints but we all can be sinners.''

''Creativity is 'non compos mentis' in action without the artist.'' 

''A feeling of calmness is achieved when accepting what life has to throw up to you.'' 

''In solitude, confidence builds ... in loneliness, confidence crumbles.''

''You can be the fool all the time when you believe your opinions are always right.''

''When words fail me, and they do, my sculptures will speak for me.''

''I have lost count of the number of times I got up last night out of bed to see if Santa came to visit me ... nothing, must have been a bad boy for the year.''

''Do not trust your memory, it will always tell you that you are right ... trust your intuition ... it's always right.''

''Every human being born into this world should come with a Health Warning ... fragile, please handle with love.''

''People from Republic Countries have no time for bullshit and people from Dictatorship Countries know only bullshit.''

''Somewhere within a crises there will come an opportunity to start again.'' 

''A loss is nothing but a new door opening.''

''Don't dwell on what went wrong because if you do you will never move on.''

''The energy it takes to entertain 'old pain' would be better put to use in 'loving myself'.''

''There is no limit to suffering ... but that's if you allow it to control you.''

''Te quiero or te amo ... that is the question.''

''No matter what the situation is 'unconditional' has done a runner.''

''Look on life as like an egg ... you can break it, or you can boil it, scramble it, or ... you can Fabergé it.''

''Mistakes are made in life, some can be fixed and others you just have to live with.''

''I could die at anytime so I must try to work today.''

''My mind and my thoughts create the world I am living in ... so today I will try to make it 'less-thoughts-day'.''

''I should look on life as like the sea  ... it has ebb and flow.''

''Anyone who is heartbroken knows the 'dark places'.''

''When the mind has decided and knows what has to be done then there is a feeling of hope.''

''My sense of loneliness was always with me throughout my life but when I reached sixty it reached an all-time high.'' 

''The truth will show it self when you close your eyes and ears.''

''When the mind has entered into a place of darkness it can become very hard to find the 'light switch'.''

''ART can change the SOUL.''

''You don't know hurt till you have grieved three times.''

''Always with genius it brings buckets full of shit.'' 

''A 'real' religion should heal, protect and love ... not ... preach, frighten and intimidate.'' 

''There is never a convenient time for any of us to die.''

''Best not to take time for granted ... there is only Now.''

''I can make my sculpture and I don't have to leave my apartment.''

''My world is made of insularity and the wish to be a more-than-good artist and that makes for a 'radical' atheist and sceptic in human nature ... but I hope for 'reincarnation' and do it all over again.''

''This world will never know peace.''

''There is one thing you can be sure off when it comes to 'luck' ... it always changes.''

''Everybody can see what they want to see in the clouds.''

''Even in this day and age it depends on what 'God' you talk to that society will judge ... well, that's me out.''

''Religion is no more than the Big Brother of morality.'' 

''Solitude is 'part and parcel' of making sculpture ... you can call it a 'natural condition'.''

''Always speak your mind ... it will do two things for you ... make a friend or make an enemy.''

''Soooo ... great art is made by standing on the shoulders of giants ... I don't mind the weight.'' 

''Culture can no longer be privatized by a privileged few but should be the means of expression by the masses.'' 

''When I die I won't be missed but I will be remembered.''

''So, when I begin work on a new sculpture I make a conscious decision not to leave it unfinished ... that way I will live forever.''

''We are what we do, but ... it's better to do what we are.''

''Falling in love can be dangerous, exciting, scary and blissful ... Go For It.''

''I have lived with this long-time thought that has helped me to get through some bad patches in my life, and it is this ... 

Earth is The Hell and death is The Heaven.''

''Since the day I was born I have being dying ... for some it's slow and for others it comes too fast.''

''Creativity begins when you let go all thoughts.''

''I am in transition between Heaven and Hell ... the choice is too great.''

''So the king asked me today ... how are the people ... I said to him, as in Heaven so it is on Earth, only some people are asking questions now.''

''When I was younger I looked on life as adventure all I had to do was leave an island.''

''I have been eating for sixty two years and I don't remember any of it.''

''There is light at the end of every tunnel ... it's called death.'' 

''With my art it is more or less a 'Russian Roulette' situation ... I start off with a small idea and end up with something completely different only to live for another day.''

''In the transgressions of my mind I am swinging like the proverbial pendulum.''

''You want to feel that in your life you made an impression ... today is that day.''

''A woman who whistles is a happy woman.''

''If you go through life envying others that's a lot of shit to carry.''

''All that is needed is some sparkle of hope combined with feelings to step back from the edge.''

''If things are not going good for you try to put yourself in a happy place ... mine is in my art ... otherwise, misery will be your best friend.''

''I am always alone when I work yet I can't call it loneliness.''

''If you think that you will do something today that you will regret tomorrow better then to drop out of sight for a couple of days.''

''Figuring it out in how to be human is a lifetime job.''

''The worst violence that can happen and often within families is, psychological ... a few words here and there without even lifting a hand.''

''Every person has issues with race ... if they don't say vocally they can say it with their body ... watch.''

''I have put my heart and soul into my work and lost everything else ... but I had no expectations on human nature.''

 

''The mind and eye mutually agree on what the heart denies.''

''Generally, friendship is a 'social contract' to help keep peace and a 'buy-time' protection for yourself.''

''WhY is it that some things in life happen allover,allover,allover.''

''A woman in any mans life has a better chance of changing his destiny than destiny has.''

''Both time and memory are in the past but how fast the time goes and how long the memory stays.''

''A good sense of humor helps to move in life, it helps to enjoy each step along the way.'' 

''I would be happy with any of my sculptures if I can say I gave reality to an illusion.''

''I cannot explain creativity ... it's like asking me where was I before I was born.''

 

''What the future holds is in your hands, you just have to hope others think the same.''

''Small minds talk shit, you don't give them your attention ... but it does not make them go away.''

''I am always looking and I am always asking questions though I may not be conscious of it at times.''

''Everything that irritates calls upon us to know ourselves instead of looking out side of ourselves.''  

''The one who has nothing to lose is the one to watch, they have different goals in life.''

''My Ego has no quote today ... [I am now on my own].''

''You don't have hope then you don't have dreams.''

''Do it, whatever you want to do, no regrets ... otherwise somebody else will be doing it.''

''Life is a journey to a particular destination from here to there ... but where that is, I don't know.''

''I always try to laugh as much as I cry ... and hopefully not at the same time.''

''Move with the times and join in the dance only then you might just know what is coming next.''

''It's all about timing ...''

[note my 'post time' on Sept.20 plus the quote and 21 ... 12:08pm]

''With creativity there is no failure but a reactivity between conscious and sub-conscious.'' 

''Money talks and without fail, everydayyyyy my money talks to me ... it says ... GOODBYE, daf.''

''With my destiny I was in control with my fate it controlled me.''

''I got to thinking while I was up here and have come to the conclusion that its amazing how much effort people can put into preserving and reinforcing their delusions ... hey,  what do you think of  my 'Last Judgement' .. never mind, bloody happy with my scenes from 'Genesis' though .... said Michelangelo from the scaffold to the Pope.''

''I'm going to have my moody times ... it goes with the terrain.''

''The happiest moment in my life was probably when I took control of it ... the saddest moment in my life will be if I was to lose it.''

''Anything can happen at any given moment and my art makes me think that anything is possible.''

''Seen that we are dancing .... do you think you are alone.''

''Need I point out the 'bleeding' obvious sister that beyond any doubt guilty pleasures are often the most fulfilling kind ... said the priest to the nun.''

''In today's world Mr. Politician you can't hide a country.''

''Anything that is good is hard to get ... and keep and anything that is bad is easy to get ... and keep.''

''I keep telling myself that all I need is a good dose of insanity just to get through the day.''

''The product has not improved but the scam has.''

''You can walk to anywhere ... all you need is time and energy.''

''It is the mind that lives as the body decays ... there is never enough time for creative enjoyment.''

''In the making of my sculptures there is a blend of the past, future and now.''

''Going back is more painful than leaving.''

''The secret of being a 'good artist' is try being a 'bad child'.''

''When society is braking down the best one can do is help it to dissolve.''

''Unhappiness can be brought about not by our circumstances but by our state of mind.''

''Getting rid of the bouncers was a positive move ... said Peter at the gates of Heaven.''

''A fool is a stranger in his own mind''

''If your life depends on someone else to make you 'happy' ... you have a problem.''

''Always go back to that person that you know you are, from there you can start again.''

''Making my sculptures is time better spent than me praying to be able to make my sculptures.''

''Life today comes in a series of shocks and surprises, but no longer have an impact.''  

''As a child I created my own fantasy world in my head and escaped into it ... now on my way out in life but still escape into my head ... the joys of being an artist.''

''I make the sculpture but it's not completed till it has a viewer.''

''A lack of friendship within a relationship makes it harder for tolerance.'' 

''It's impossible to be mature headed without living a life of ups and downs.''

''You can dress the banana up but when you peel the skin back it's still banana.''

''Corruption, fraud, embezzlement ...  I hate talking about my private life ... said the politician [N.].''  

''By reading 'holy books' does not make one religious.''

''I do my utmost to stay out of hospitals ... they make me feel I am dying.''

''No one gives up power without a struggle ... especially if they can abuse it.'' 

''I focus on my sculpture and do my best to ignore the rest, the pain and that haunting fear of an insignificant life.''

''I have a limited amount of energy in any given day so it all goes into the sculpture I am working on.''

''I don't know what will happen tomorrow but challenges may come because they are part of life and how you deal with it will affect the next tomorrow.''

''I love the sensation of feeling the air in my face and the wind in my hair ... said the guy without the parachute.'' 

''Tomorrow might not come so enjoy today.''

''One of the 'good things' in life is ... you can get to meet up with people who are just as 'crazy' as you are ... you are not on your own.''

''We all have 'Bad Days', 'In-Between Days' and 'Good Days' ... how's 'Your Day'.''

''We exist in a zone where black and white clash and technology is only but a tool.''

''Honesty always works.''

''If you think you're no good you are not going to get what you deserve in life.''

''The worst mistake any parent can make is not to say 'well done'.'' 

''Men are sexually predatory ... in other words, survival by small-head-thinking.''

''I don't like conflict of any kind ... even in my own mind.''

''Somethings have to be broken to be fixed.''

''Everything is in a constant state of change.''

''The human capacity for survival clicks in by instinct.''

''It's all about being able to get out of bed in the morning, motivating myself and getting on with it.''

''Today is just like any other day ..... a good day.''

''After spending months in the making on any one of sculptures it cannot finish without buckets-full-of-enthusiasm.'' 

''Empathy is a good place to start from.''

''Today I am 62 and I remember when I was 52 and 42 and 32 right up to 22 ... to hell with birthdays.''

''Technology is here to stay ... but are we.'' 

''If you feel that life is boring then you will also feel that each day will blend into the next and disappear into a fog of gloom.''  

''What the mind will think the body will do.''

''There's a difference between a suicide and a martyr and that is the collateral damage.'' 

''Friends will only be there because of what you can bring into their life ... everybody is looking for something.''

''I have a single-minded devotion to my work that everything else can be put on hold.''

''Hell has no fury like the artist scorned.''

''Saints can be made sinners.''

''Time quietly kills.''

''We all come into this world the same way but we all can leave it in a different way.''

''Sarcasm is used a lot of the time to stop people from getting 

up-close and personal.''

''Sinners can be made saints.''

''So near to the surface that the laughing rabbits can be heard from above.'' 

''Today is all I have yesterday is a memory and tomorrow ... we will see.''

''No point in waiting around for the sand to run out, I have sculpture to make.''

''My creativity is to bring my imagination into reality and try to frighten myself.''

''After a struggle we must be humble.''

''Today is in my own time unless destiny has other plans.''

''I have to keep setting goals for myself otherwise the cancer is going to take me.''

''In the process of making my art I am conscious of living through the emotions and in the process of living I am conscious of dying.''

''I have lived my life being honest, brutally honest at times and people do not like that ... it makes them nervous.'' 

''Every human being has some sadness ... at first it might not show but given time it will always come to the surface.''

''Sculpture is my life ... I am going to do it till I drop.''

''You will know what's your 'comfort zone' when you step out of it.''

''Smile and nobody can get angry at you.'' 

''I am an artist and that's what makes a difference in a world that's blind.''

''Honesty is always screwed first.'' 

''Myths are the result of an active imagination where all religions have their roots.''

''The hard years in life are between the day you are born till the day you die ... this is bullshit at it's best ... life is what you make it.''

''Who truily knows what happens after you die, if anything happens, so enjoy life while you are here, and if you can do that then you can say I will die happy.''

''I declare today a 'World Toleration Day'.''

''Today I am going to rock with it.''

''Stress comes from your thoughts which will feel like 'dark days' ... try to change the thought and you will have 'bright days'.''

''If you are going to make a change not everybody will be happy, but who cares, a change is always for the better.''

''Hell is a very long long way off ... Heaven is even further.'' 

''It helps to be deluded to stay motivated.''

''If you were to give it your best today tomorrow may be easier.'' 

''Inside every art critic there is a 'know-all' artist.''

''As a child I always wanted to be an artist and as an artist I always wanted to be a child.''

''There is that time in any relationship when 'space' is the 'necessity pain'.''

''I know I am getting old because now I tend to watch more comedy movies than before.''

''Everyday should have time for laughter.''

''Some people have asked me what art school I went to and have told them I went into my imagination.'' 

''Humans can do what other animals can't do ... kill at any distance.''

''I have noticed that when people retire from work they, nine times out of ten are presented with a watch ... whats the point of  the watch in retirement.''

''People will always think that tomorrow will be a better day ... it helps to get through a hard day.''

''What is alive and well in democracy ... bribery with 'balls'.

''I have worked my ass off and for too long to let anything stand in my way now.''

''Best to have character than personality.''

''I will never give up on my inner-self ... but it might just give up on me.'' 

''Even your 'good friends' can turn into enemies and that can hurt more than meeting the 'real' enemy.'' 

''Through the creative process you can transcend all bullshit.''

''Never ignore that 'gut' feeling ... nine out of ten it's always right.''

''To stick to your goals at times calls upon reinvention.''

''The more you talk the less time you have to think.''

''Trust is hard to find in humans that's why I have zero friends.''

''If you believe in yourself and have the determination then anything is possible.'' 

''If a country is under a dictatorship the people no longer exist.''  

''All I'm going to do is keep going till the lights go out.''

''The days that I can work are the best days.''

''You appreciate what you have ... then destiny will bring more.'' 

''You cannot create experience by reading or listening to others ... you have to create it for yourself.''

''Never allow yourself to be bullied and made a victim for somebody else's anger.''   

''Everyday my hands are in clay, it helps me to find my way to stay in play.''

''To be free ... let go.''

''A relationship can be compared to a ride on a roller-coaster ... emotional ups and downs.'' 

''You have noticed that if there is no problem one will be created.''

''Being out there taking chances and throwing the pages to the wind ... that's all I've got.''

''It's wasted time waiting for the perfect conditions.''

''Everything outside of reality is cold.''

''There is that 'thin line' that when stepped over you will not be able to come back again.''

''Things will never be the same again.''

''An artist is not afraid to show different personalities and let go because the whole of life is the battle from within ... better to understand than to judge.''

''Advertising is art ... but I like to call it 'state approved art'.''

''In art there should be freedom of the mind.''

''I seemed to have accomplished far more than I ever hoped for.''

''Why should I care what people think of me ... I am who I am.''

''When you are happy, then nothing else matters and when you are sad nothing else matters ... we are blinded by the two emotions.''

''If you make plans for the future most of the time they don't turn out the way you expected because what you do today decides the future.''

''You will always feel good by telling yourself that you are the hero of your own stories.''

''Let nobody kill off your dreams.''

''All bridges in life need to be crossed and then some need to be dismantled ... never to be crossed again.''

''You can be happy or you can be miserable ... it all comes down to what you make of your life.''

''Future generations, if humans are still around will have to pay the price for the wrongdoings of this generation of greed.''

''I am in a place what I call 'creative solitude' and when I leave it I get a kick in the ass that tells me 'welcome to the real world'.''

''For every question that is asked there is not always an answer given that will answer the question.''

''Look on life like a stop-over ... people arriving and departing at the same time.''

''I don't want to meet anybody when I am sober ... I want to get there before them.''

''The artist is just as important as the work ... no artist, no work.'' 

''There is more to art than art.''

''When two people love each other unconditionally there can not be a happy end.''  

''I cannot explain everything in my art, not even to myself and that's what makes it all the 'more' ... art.''

''One of the biggest obstacles I had to overcome in my life was thinking I had to 'fit in'.'' 

''Seize the opportunity to change without giving it a thought ... I call it ...'freewill in action'.''

''Be happy in this moment and who you are ... it could all change in the next moment.''

''Today I am 'speaking as an artist' to remind others why I am that artist. Over a long period of time art has now become 'the individual statement' as where the artist, he or she can pursue their own self-realization. It's todays society that puts emphasis on originality that's daring enough to go beyond the accepted norms, and rightly so, but most of the time it involves being misunderstood or being rejected by one's peers or family but by that very fact it will bring out my own uniqueness and self-realization through creativity.''  

''Emotional pain is a sure sign that you are living the wrong life.''  

''It is my art, more than anything else that makes me feel life is worth living.''

''When you are single the urge for marriage is strong and when you are married the urge for being single is stronger.''  

''As an artist my imagination gives me the flexibility to move from the outer world into my inner world and to allow my fantasies to become a reality in the outer world.'' 

''You cannot call on creativity without a fair share of madness having it's say.''

''So easy to construct castles in the air as the last refuge to regain sanity from an insane world, said the fool to the king.''

''My art is the process of elimination of my pain.''  

''There is unwanted pain and suffering that is part of every human being without religion and society adding more on to it.''

''Everything we do from our thoughts to our actions is altering our consciousness ... ohhh, what long ears you have and what big teeth too ... do we kneel down and pray together now.''

''Relationships that have lost their drive are peace in impotence.'' 

''In creativity you are more willing to take risks and look at things differently that when it comes to what you might call 'art' you might just have 'something'.'' 

''It is better to be alone than to be alone with others.''

''I cannot change the past, I cannot change the inevitable so it's best to try to accept it but getting your ass kicked means there is a change on the way ... the inevitable.''

''You are just by yourself in that darkness ... but .. there is also the sign of perpetual crowds all around you.''

''The present moment and the emotions that run through you in that time is all you ever have.''

''Last night I dreamt about the sculpture I am working on now ... which means we are one.''

''When you feel anger coming on and if you can try to think of the outcome ... at best it's better to walk away.''

''If you are a moral and ethical person you really have to keep out of politics, it is not the place for you.''

''Keep your dreams in sight ... I'm doing my best.''

''True friendship depends only on sincerity.'' 

''Cancer is a cage without a door.'' 

''To succeed at anything you must challenge yourself by getting out of your comfort zone.''

''I look on cancer as nature's way of culling ... it will choose from all walks of life.'' 

''If you are one of those people who take precautions all of the time then you are not living life.''

''Deception is everywhere and behind everything ... the new 'freedom-of-expression'.''

''The strongest emotion for human beings is the fear of being alone and at the very far end of the scale, the ability of being alone.''

''Don't look into legends and myths for your salvation.''

''Yesterday my three quarter high of a new life size sculpture in clay fell ... today is a new day.''

''If there was less emphasis put on relationships as the only means of one's happiness there would be less tears.'' 

''No two people are exactly alike.''

''I don't rely on other peoples opinions when it comes to my art because if I did it would stunt my creativity.'' 

''I don't have to show my work to anyone .. I am not looking for their approval.''

''It will help to have a sense of humor with outbursts of insanity channelled into creativity to get through life ... that just about sums me up''

''When you are on your own there are less problems and that can make room for a variety of wishfulling illusions.'' 

''By being creative you can go beyond the human emotions.''  

''The life of an artist is a gamble ... it's all or nothing.''

''I don't believe in spending money like there's no tomorrow  ... now that I don't have it.'' 

''I go by instinct and trust it will not be giving away any secrets that I don't know of.''

''The vast majority of human beings are brain-washed into a no-win situation of 'us and them' whether it's religious, racial or cultural ... it leaves very little room for a world toleration.'' 

''I was in the cemetery yesterday saying goodbye to a dear friend in knowing too that I am on borrowed time and I was hoping that when it comes to my time I have made all the sculptures that are in me.''  

''I was born to be an artist and the only thing that I needed in life was the reminder to myself that I was born to be an artist.''

''I make art to find myself.''

''Money has never been the motivation in my art but it was the means for making my art.'' 

''My attitude was messed up when I was born that the only thing for me to do was become the artist that I am.'' 

''Freedom does not come free ... creativity comes free.''

''You can run away from a lot of things in life but you can never run away from yourself ... boo, said myself to myself.'' 

''When I am in the process of making my sculpture I am not aware of what I am doing that I can tell the end result simply because it comes from within.'' 

''An artist is always alone ... it's the sacrifice that is made for the work.''

''Every human being dies but not every human being lives ... there are no superheroes.'' 

''We can never have enough resources to satisfy human greed.'' 

''I cannot change my situation now so I will try to change myself in acceptance with faith.''   

''If you were to ask yourself .. is there any justice to be seen done in the world .. a truthful answer would be .. not up until today.''

''With my sculptures I will avoid what is expected, or to be more crude about it what is common but I will go all out to try to make it uniquely mine.'' 

''Evil to human beings is 'second nature' that some don't even have to think about it.''

''I would think happiness yes, but stability is the key to any relationship.'' 

''In this day and age day to day living is more intense.''

''If you can't take responsibility then you will become the victim.''  

''Everyday there are many choices to be made but it boils down to two main ones the way I see it ... accept things as they are or accept the consequences in changing them, either way, both end in results where it's a continuous choice everyday.''

''Governments all over the world are always sowing the seeds for future destruction.''

''The time that I feel good in any given day is the time that I can make my sculpture in.''

''My solitude is self imposed, ideal as the artist ... my loneliness is faith, ideal as the human.''

''The meaning of 'god' should be for each human beings own interpretation and not for history to say.''

''I need to 'pat-myself' on my back today and remind myself that I have public sculpture in Europe, South America, Africa and Asia ... when you are in the present with the shit-hitting-the-fan you can tend to forget the achievements that were made when the shit was hitting the fan.''   

''You take a chance when opening e-mails just like when opening brown envelopes ... you may find nothing but trouble.'' 

''In making my sculptures I work from within and from there the only input into my work is 'what I know and what I did'.''

''Each morning that I wake up I can make a choice from the emotions that are running through me ... indulge in the mindless self pity of pain or get on with life ... today 'life' wins.'' 

''When the time comes for me to die the one thing I would ask is that nobody can accuse me of ... for not trying.''

''With my art my best will never be 'good' enough ... it's what keeps me 'on my toes'.''

''Emotional pain is living the wrong life.''

''2015 ... this is bonus time now for me ... I am interested to see how far I can get with it.''