''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.''

''In my youth I made a New Year's resolution that I will never make New Year's resolutions ... so far so good.''

''People in the rainforest were not 'poor' until the 21st century caught up with them.''

''Art that questions can transcend social, religious and political boundaries.''  

''I have come to the conclusion that my sculpture is made up of 5% subconscious 10% will power and 85% physical ... the process of the elimination of my soul.''  

''An average of 45% of my time is now spent in hospitals that I am likely to pick up some foreign disease without having to leave the country.''

''I believe it's not possible that mankind will stop making wars but 100% believe in that wars will finish mankind.''

''In the time of making of my sculptures I always find the reason for my being.''

''Don't put a limit on what you expect to get out of life.'' 

''The heart that will forgive can never be broken.''

''If you have felt you have lived your life to the best of your capabilities the dying part should be easy.''

''If you are fighting monsters in your head try not to become one.''

''Today I have nothing to say.''

''It's the decision that is given less thought that changes your life for ever.''

''I have a safe refuge where I can go from the miseries of life ... it's my art, a refuge where I can forget and in time hope to find what's best for my humanity.''

''Everybody, at some time wishes that tomorrow will be a better day ... but you could die.''  

''No doubt there is a definitive loneliness in being the artist but I try to take the 'poor-me' out of it and turn it around as 'self-imposed-solitude-that-goes-with-the-terrain' ... truthfully ... it takes a lot of bullshit to get it there.''

''Getting old is all about getting Messy with a capital 'M'.'' 

''There is one way in telling myself that I have no money worries ... by telling myself that if I live through today and spend no money I have no money worries.''

''When I am the artist I trust in my intuition and it has opened up my mind and when I am not the artist I trust in my intuition and it has opened doors ... which some would say should have stayed closed ... but I trust in my intuition.''  

''There is a real loneliness to life when you experience the feeling that something inside of you dies while you are still alive.'' 

''If there was all woman governments I would put what money I have on it that there would be little or no wars of any kind ... now that I think about it there was a Margaret Thatcher.'' 

''I try to look on life from the optimistic side of the fence but I'm realistic enough to know ... no cash no splash.''

''Emotions at the best of times are contagious.''

Hope is wishful thinking in the present in the 'hope' something happens in the future to change the present.'' 

''You need your fair share of insanity to be creative.''

''Any man will find his peace with a woman who will listen to him.''

''I personally would care less about each person's beliefs but to trick people into believing that there is a better life after this is nothing less than evil.'' 

''If you have peace in your home you will have peace outside of it.''

''Not everyone who works hard in their life has the success they deserve ... there is an element of luck that plays a big part in it.'' 

''Unhappiness, sadness, grief and why not, misery can be brought on by our circumstances in life but it's our state of mind that can find some meaning to it all to endure or overcome.''  

''Human beings have become the tools of their own inventions.'' 

''I am not in competition, nor ever was with other artists ... I regard myself as a symbolist artist where creativity plays the lead role and that alone puts me in competition on a daily basis with myself.''

''When making my art I like to think of myself as working outside of the 'box' but expecting 'Jack' to pop up.''

''Here's one of life's blatant message's ... In my youth I used to hear trains in the distance now I hear tugboats.''

''You can always stay young by lying about your age.''

''Memories of pain and joy go to the grave with you.''

 ''Born into a Christian family paved the way for me to become an A.A. ... Artist and an Atheist.'' 

''I told my parents when I was twelve that I wanted to be an artist, I didn't get the chance until I was twenty eight ... do not lose hope in your dreams.'  

''Human beings are capable of having the maximum of hatred for reasons soon forgotten.''  

''Success to life is making the best out of what you got and moving on.''

''What separates me from most other people I come into contact with is that ... I am a self-made man and I use my freewill ... It's called Ego with attitude ... or, spend your life working your arse off for others who have Ego and attitude.'' 

''In the making of my sculpture so-called 'mistakes' will happen and these I look forward to ... it's creativity that knows which ones to keep.''

''I have a funny relationship with religion ... I'm Atheist.''

''At this stage of my life I consider myself to be in post-traumatic growth.'' 

''Cliches are cliches because so often they are true ... tell me I am wrong.''

''The majority of people are with the person they are meant to be with and if a separation happens, that is also part of it.'' 

''If everybody was like me there would be nobody on the roads.''

''The Internet is a major distraction and yet I cannot do without.''

''Your mind might be trying to tell you something else but your emotions can't lie to you.''

''Every action and word spoken get's a result ... it's what is done with it depends on you.''

''You go through life you will encounter pain, but misery ... that's optional.'' 

''... and on the last day God said to man ... ''Transmitting configuration ... please wait'' 

... and that's where it all went wrong.''

''By 'charming' you will always get your answer without asking the question.''

''Solitude at the best of times is pleasant ... loneliness most of the time is pain.'' 

''If my work is not up to my expectations I have no problem in breaking it.''

''I will go through all of the emotions when I am making my sculpture.''

''Soul-mate or mortal enemy are the rigours of creativity ... and it all comes at a cost.''  

''We are all artists in one way or another because we are all born with that instinct to create.''

''In my art I can run away without leaving my studio.'' 

''Technology is now the way of life ... but are we.'' 

''Destiny will give you opportunities but Fate has already decided for you.''  

''If you are looking for a complete change then you accept the result in what destiny throws up at you, work with it till you have exhausted it and then go for that change again, in this way I believe destiny will always open doors to you.''

''I made myself a citizen of the world because I am Irish.''

''When you start having kids you will find yourself thinking and talking about world future.''

''Life is a one-way ticket.''

''When depression comes so should laughter.'' 

''Old age can bring regrets ... so do it now.'' 

''Even in routine everyday is a new day ... well, I like to think so.''

''Decide what you expect to accomplish and go for it all out.''

''Hurt eats away like rust.''

''There is a gullible side to all human beings.''

''It is always possible ... all it needs is to keep it positive.'' 

''When I doubt myself and lose the capability the world will gobble me up.''    

 ''Sometimes you need someone to tell you what you don't want to hear.''

''I would be afraid to take long breaks from my work in case I go to rust.''

''Information is a government's best weapon.'' 

''When I am making my art I am skipping along the yellow brick road.''

''Freedom is a deadly business.''

''It takes courage to show your art to someone else but it takes balls to dedicate your life to it.''

''My artistic life and my personal life are rolled into the one and have become the inevitable experience of one life.''  

''The nature of any government who wants to stay in power is not to have any guilt.''

''I look for sincerity in the world but can only find it in art.''

''If I can see it in my mind I stand a good chance of making it in 3D.''

''Just the mood ... and then you can judge the food.''

''Being positive is cliche but having the right attitude towards how you want to live your life is going to get you where you are suppose to be ... I know from experience.'' 

''I am wandering in the back streets of my brain picking up rubbish.'' 

''If you are depending on a 'god' to step-in and intervene because you asked you will be waiting till the time you will die ... but then, that will be 'his' intervention.''  

''When the fridge is empty I can see what's not in it.''

''Keep your goals in view but be flexible in how you reach them.''

''The only difference between a hole in the ground and a grave is that with the grave there is no getting out.''

''I cannot teach because I am still learning.''

''You have heard of the saying 'you can only be young once' ... it's true but not true ... you can be immature for the rest of your life.''  

''When I make my sculptures it's only then that I appreciate the moment I am in.''

''We don't see 'things' as they are, we see things the way we want them to be ... in other words ... deluding ourselves into 'comfort zones'.'' 

''The older I get the more focused I am but with less energy to run the mile.''

''By making my sculptures and working each day is a good enough reason for living for the next day.''

''Where did our humanity go ... it's not a question but a thought.''

''I have a good day when I don't fall out with myself.''

''Generally I think human beings, even in severe pain will refuse to die because of fear of the unknown.'' 

''The sculpture, like all of my artwork in transition of creativity is a fermenting progress of my thoughts brought to symbolism and finally into reality.''   

''You can go as far as your mind lets you.''

''I tried hard to be sociable but it takes too much energy out of me.'' 

''You cannot have regrets in life if you feel you are morally responsible for your actions.''

''When everything seems hopeless there is that chance it could all change in that minute.''

''I can experience more distress from my thoughts than what reality can throw up at me.'' 

''Happiness is short lived and can trick you into believing life is 'good'.''

''Religions die out ... but I will never be able to witness this in my life-time.''

''Creative people don't behave very well generally but I can sum my character up like this ... ego and insecurity combined.''  

''If I knew when I was going to die I could plan for the rest of my life.''

''I never think about the 'loneliness' when I am making my sculptures because I am fully focused on what I am doing that it's impossible to be lonely it's when I stop work that I know what loneliness is.'' 

''I can't make sculptures as I see, I make sculptures as I feel.''

''Happiness is a by-product of an emotion.''

''I can say there is moderation in excess when I can say to myself I want to sleep.''

''When I know I have finished working on a sculpture that's the starting point for another to begin.''

''If you hear someone who calls on 'god' as his witness you can assume he is a liar.''  

''All religions evolved out of fear, control, greed and fraud though with some compassion on the border of humor ... you can also take into account that man has no control on his imagination.''

''It's very easy today for an artist to be a copyist and much harder for the artist be original ... I stay away from museums.''  

''I try to live each day on the positive side of life ... it makes the sunsets special, the night air smell better and the beer taste good.'' 

''Everything as we know it is politics as we don't know it.''

''Anger and laughter are complete opposites, it's impossible to have both emotions together ... but you can choose one.''  

''Artistic temperament is the excuse for a 'mental-block'.'' 

''When you start to accept religion as fact you have given up your 'free will' as a human being.''

''There is a need for governments around the world to add to their cabinet a 'Minister of Grief' ... because we humans just cannot live as one.''  

''Don't cry for me after I am dead and gone to a new hell ... cry for me now in this one.''

''When in life you find yourself at a 'roadblock' take the detour, it might well be more fun.''

''If I don't make art it is not possible to be at peace with myself.''

''I believe that religion and art come from the same thinking and that is why I give myself 100% to my art.''

''It would be insensitive to talk about your 'happiness' to one less fortunate than yourself.''

''The more I lose myself in my art the better person I am.''

''Life is so 'compatible' ... if you have given up your destiny as a human being to explore all this world has to offer and take in the shit that has come from history handed down to you, that makes you a slave ... don't live history .. make the history ... and let the other poor fuckers [after you] worry about it.''

''The majority of people are not living to their own expectations of what life should be instead they are living to other peoples ideals.'' 

''Each person's burden is carried in it's own way.''

''I do not have the feeling of loneliness when I work ... it's when I stop working the 'shit hits the fan'.''

''The majority of people would consider themselves as religious or spiritual but few would call themselves humble.'' 

''In thought there is the possibility of reaching a 'perfect happiness' ... in reality 'perfect happiness' is loving yourself.'' 

''A positive attitude towards life can help to make your dreams a reality.''

''Put your trust in your 'gut-reaction' ... it's always right.''