''You know when you are seriously ill ... when nobody around you talks about dying ... except you.''

''All of humanity throughout time to the present day has suffered and still suffering because of it's dogmas.''

''It takes more courage to listen than to speak in ego.''

''Creativity comes from stillness.'' 

''If you feel you get it wrong 50% of the time then you must be getting it right 50% of the time.''

''If I can't have fun in the making of my art then there is no sense to it.''

''There is nothing in life important as you think it is.''

''I am an Atheist by choice a Socialist by theory and an Artist by destiny.''  

''When you can not change a situation try to change yourself and then the 'situation' will change.''

''Generally, stupidity is relatively harmless but added with intelligence it is extremely dangerous.''

''Everything stresses me except me.''

''All things are possible for those who believe in their own self worth.''

''I make my sculptures to try to understand myself.''

''When the sun shines I believe I can do anything.''

''There are times I cross the line to remind me where I am.''

''The smallest chip on the shoulder is too heavy to carry through life.''

''Racism is still with us.''

''Time moves on and wasted time never returns.''

''Hate is driven by fear.''

''My quality time is when I am watching movies ... but it's also when I am making my sculptures.''

''Through out my life I have tried to maintain an objective opinion.''

''We are not born with fear ... we acquire it from living with other human beings.''

''The earth is facing extinction and it's a man-made problem.''

''I accept everything about myself ... in this way I have a friend.''

''If you can say you know nothing after a life time spent in trying to know ... then you can call yourself wise ... but, it is only you that's calling yourself 'wise'.''

''A change of attitude is like a breath of fresh air.''

''The most important things in life, that will be realized through experience, are not things.''  

''Sculpture is an art form that speaks in any language and yet transcends all languages.''

''There is a difference between human beings in that the amount of pain each one is harboring.'' 

''Humans because of their innate nature are too complicated to be understood fully.''

''Social media is today's new battleground where anything can be said and taken out of context, damaging lives and a persons self-esteem, and all within seconds.''

''By being creative I can move beyond pain.'' 

''I can curl up and die or get to work on my sculpture.''

''There are two things in life that can cause deep rooted pain ... not getting what you want and getting what you want.''

''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.''