''It is said that money doesn't bring happiness ... well, it can help you to be miserable in comfort.''

 ''Reason, and then there is emotions, a delicate balance between the two ... lose control and there's no telling what can happen.''

''My life is just the art for art imitates life.''

 ''If you are jumping all over the place in your mind the chances are something creatively is coming through.''

 ''Today will be a good day, I feel ... 

yesterday was a good day, I think ... 

and tomorrow will be a good day, I hope.''

''When your life is over it never really began because you were too busy trying hard just to survive.''

''One day it will be my turn to die ... it's called making room on an already overcrowded planet.''

''Removing the hands from the clock does not stop time.''

''It is my opinion that the artist can lay claim to be the oldest profession, it can be dated back to the early cave paintings and so great art in any period of time or in any place in the world was not produced by amateurs.''

''The cancer grows.''

''There is enough religion in the world for human beings to hate and kill each other for their beliefs but there is not enough religion in the world to live in harmony with each other.''

''Childishness is by no means limited to children.''                                      

'Bands-of-friends' are like a roaming pack of dogs, 

when one barks they all bark even if some don't know 

why they are barking.''

''Everyone is a unique human being therefore I feel if you were to question everything you will become more of your own person and your uniqueness will shine through.''

''I do not want to be led by others .... I would sooner stand on my own two feet and see the world upside down.''

''Experience is not learned from someone else''

''I have to trust my mechanic more than my wife.''

''The creative person ...

but not all, instead of being an individual is a multitude of personalities while in the process of being creative and when not can be out of 'tune' with everything else around him what most people take as normal or for granted ...

Having said that it's the creative person who will push the boundaries of the mind in order for most people to 'see' a different world or the world as it really is, for the visual can have a bigger and instant impact on the senses than the written word where as the readers mind of the written word has to conjure up some image, be it known or unknown to them when reading to help the word move the senses into play.''

''An artist's [being] is all about creativity ... the rest is

inconvenience bullshit that gets in the way.''

''There was a time, and not so long ago when people used to say grace-before-meals now it's photo-before-meals.''

''You should respect yourself and have the courage 

to walk away from people, relationships and situations

that have no use or a direct negative energy towards you.''

''In living my life as an artist I have to drop any fears in all aspects of my life and trust in my creativity.''

''To deny people their human rights has been with us since 'day one'.''

''Every 'true' artist is at war with himself and the world.''

 ''When you live your life in a world of illusion it is good to know which door to open to get back to [a] reality.''

''When I was interviewed in the 1980's as a mature student to enroll in Dublin Art College they rejected me there and then on the grounds that, as one interviewer said at the time .. ''I would rock the boat'' ... today I thank him for his foresight.'' 

''I like the freedom to create what my heart or mind tells me.''

''Everything about me is devoted to my art that it pains.''

''What is it you would let go of today and would miss tomorrow?.''

''A secret will always be told.''

''The home is the studio ... creativity is an on-going process.''

''In my own world of a 'separate reality' I drank a gallon of 'correction fluid' to block out my memories.''

''Apparently it's all or nothing when it comes to religion.''

''Everybody ... at sometime in their life will meet the wrong people ... it's called 'life's-hard-knocks'.''

''If you get out of your head the world is yours.''

''When I see talent I find myself believing in reincarnation.'' 

''The fabulous end is the answer to all questions.''

''Never allow yourself to be bullied.''

''Truth comes out of the mouths of all babies up till the time they enter society.''

''Your medical care depends on the size of your bank account.''

''I am living out my life as I think it should be ... but who 'knows'.''

''The time is always right but the will can be lacking.''

''The beginning is the most important part of the sculpture also the finish ... what happens in between is 'trial and error'.''

''If you don't give up you still have a chance.''

''Better to watch politicians in what they do than what they say.''

''Life is a roller-coaster and nothing is guaranteed.''

''Today is a good day to make it a 'fun day'.''

''Follow your intuition where ever it may lead ... then you will be living your life.''

''I have fight in me ... but now I am keeping it to myself.''

''Those who are dead are still 'alive' because of the one's who are still living.''

''I have a disease that there is no cure for ... I'm getting old.''

 

''You may have to confront something you didn't want to confront ... that's part of the process called 'life' .... who's afraid of that ... I think everyone.''

''An oppressive government is man's worst evils inflected on mankind.''

''Parents fear that their own painful experiences will surface in their own children's lives.'' 

''By living and working in France and Italy I have come to my own conclusions on both cultures ... The French appreciate artists and the Italians appreciate art.''  

''Eventually, hard work pays off.''

''When I am making my sculptures the outside world stops and my inside world revolves.''

''A sheep will not lie down with a wolf ... but a wolf will lie down with a sheep.''

''Old men sanction wars and it's young men that die in them.''

''A happy 'you' does not come from someone or something ... it comes from yourself.''

''Art is the salvation for human beings.''

''War is a business and the cowardly way of avoiding peace that is more expensive in monetary terms to maintain.''

''Everyone encounters dishonesty in their life sometime.''

''You don't have a choice when you are born but you can change it as you go along.''

''Being 'off-line' is a worst feeling than having the 'umbilical cord ' cut.''

''Even when I feel I am hitting 'rock bottom' my life is as it is meant to be.''

''I always have said that garlic-on-the-breath is the best birth control.''

''All religions are human inventions to create fear and monopolize mankind.''

''One day I turned my back on all and became an artist.''

''People are so difficult ... give me a cockroach any-day.''

''As an artist I can say that my imagination can run wild with my memories ... it can also work the other way too.''

''Art ... first heals the artist and then heals others.''

''Treat everybody with respect and dignity just as you would like to be treated by everybody.''

''All day ... all night ... all around the world ... all people are the same.''

''A government is no match against a fanatic.''

''Being eccentric in New York nobody pays any attention to you ... being eccentric in Singapore everybody pays attention to you that you are likely to be arrested.''

''Beware of the cameras you do not see.''

''The road to freedom is paved with broken promises.''

''In the making of my sculptures I trust my hands to do the thinking for my brain.''

''It would help if we had more kindness, more compassion, more joy and more laughter in the world.''

''Art reflects the times we live in.''

''From spring chickens to shitehawks the world is full of naked emperors.''

''Live your life but fight for your dreams.''

 ''Let's-just-play-it-loose-logic was very hard to apply through life ... but as an artist it worked fine.''

''Technology will always advance but humanity will always be behind.''

''There is no happiness without some action ... but how much heart goes into that action.''

''I want to light a fire but I don't want to use a match.''

''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.''