'' To succeed as an artist, possessing talent alone is insufficient .. you also need the balls of a giraffe, so nobody can kick you ...😖.''

''So-called 'talent' comes in a gift wrapped one-ounce-package when you are born .. the rest is hard work ...😖.''

 ''Today is my birth-day {69}.. things to-do before I die .. 'keep-on-grooving' in my art ...👉😎👈.''

''Making the art is what matters not selling it ...😏.'' 

''In the making of art, which can take over the mind and body to the extent that everything else in life is sacrificed ...😒.''

 ''I am good at what I do and I put my back up against the wall as I have been doing to this day [48 years] to BE that artist ... so fuck-it😠.''

''As an artist I live outside of 👉'The Box'👈 so I have no [sense of] time😜😝😛.''

''It seems, as an artist, I have to suffer in more ways than one ... is there anymore room in the madhouse😒.''

''I cannot make my sculptures in chaos but I can make out of chaos😅.'' 

''A wasted day is a day not working on my sculpture😠.''

''I make my sculptures not to make sculpture but to escape the boredom of living where 'joy' is less and 'pain' is more😣.''

 ''As an artist you could say I was blessed ... on the other hand I was definitely cursed😟.''

''If I had my life all over again I would want to be a better artist.''

''The making of art, whichever form it might take, is a very meticulous process because each work is a part of me in the 'madness' of art.''

''My sculptures stand silent but speak through your emotions.''

''I am back 'fulfilling' my reason for being ... making my sculptures👏👏👏👏👏👏👏.''

''I have made sculptures from stones rejected by others.''

''When I am making my sculpture and then find myself thinking about it then it's time for me to walk away.''

''The most important 'thing' for an artist is to work ... not for the money or the ego but for salvation ... need to get back there.''

''Thinking about making art does not make me an artist ... but it's a start.''