''A child is not born with discrimination ... it learns discrimination.'' 

''Yes, art is everywhere to be made ... but where is the artist.''

''I want shot at redemption ....'

''I was born at the right time for me and I will die at the right time for me.''

''Life is easy if you have a radio ... you can turn it off at anytime.''

''If you want something you never had try doing something you never do.''

 ''My sculptures are the subconscious reflection of myself.''

''It should not matter if people believe or don't believe 

in your capabilities as an artist, though it will be a 

sociological wall in front of you at the best of times ... 

but what does matter is that you believe in yourself at all times that you are the artist.''

''Freedom of speech is every human beings birth-right and one voice can make all the difference.''

''I try to make my sculptures with feeling and not with knowing.''

''Every human being is born with something that can kill them in time and there is no cure for it ... it's called ageing.''

''Nine-out-of-ten good artists will always be more than humble about their own limitations.''

''If people were to express themselves more often through their emotions we would have less wars.''

''Would you agree with me that certain people come into the world at the right time to move it and then leave it at the wrong time to fuck it.''

''I would have sympathy for the masses but no sympathy for the individual.''  

''Better to drink beer on my own than in bad company.''

''An Artist by natures design is a unique individual for he or she can cross over that 'fine line' for the end result ... now I know I put my teddy bear somewhere here.''

''When you are tied up in your own thoughts the fall can be hard if you are fooled.''

''A humble person is always willing to see a situation with the eyes of a child.''

''To talk of peace is not hard but to live in peace is quite hard.''

''Today is my birthday, 63 .. I think I am lucky I got this far ... so I asked myself what now and a voice in my head said to me ... you better sit down this is going to take some time to tell you.''

''I do not believe in a life after death but I know the strength of the mind and it alone can create it's own heaven and hell.''

''The man who swaps his faith in mid life is like the headless chicken running around.''

''The making of art takes over the mind and body to the extent that everything else in life is sacrificed.''

''It's best to go through life with an open mind,

but ... not so open that your brain falls out.''

''If I was to live for a hundred years I would still know nothing.''

''In the making of my sculpture it involves the use of different skills I have pick-up over time ... but the one thing I pay attention to is .. gravity.''

''It's better to die standing on your own two feet than to die kneeling in prayer.''

''Cowards can be the greatest and the cruelest of bullies.''

''In the making of my Art I will strive for some kind of

perfection in the work for the emotions to rise in the viewer ... but it will be on my own terms to myself as to how much I can give of myself to my Art.''

''Now is always the right time to speak out against injustice, don't expect others to do it for you.''

''There is no point in worrying in how you will die and when, best to give some thought in how you should be living because your freedom came with a price from history.''

''The man who will go to war for some kind of dogma has no morel courage.''

''Do the 'walk-of-life'... if you are happy with what you have walk with it ... if you are not happy with what you have out-run it.''

''My art has been my voice, otherwise I have nothing to say.''

 ''I do not want to wake up some morning and find that my freewill has abandoned me for some belief that is not of my own making.''

''Look on life as like living in a pin-ball machine and you are the ball.''

''Artists of any merit are always individualists ... they are 'busy' in their own head.''

''If it walks on all fours and it's back is facing the sun it will be eaten ... advice, don't play 'horsey'.''

''Without sound there can be no silence.''

''Every human being in the world is connected by DNA .. if every human being in the world knew this we would have a good chance of a world toleration towards every human being.''

''Anger acting-out is like as if you are on a Ferris Wheel pissing against the wind, it all comes back on you sooner or later.''

''A woman can turn a boy into a man or a man into a boy.''

''When I can bring the subconscious and the visual into equal balance then I am in disbelief as to how far my creativity can bring me into the vortex of my own mind ... not all of the time, but some of the time.''

''You will always be able to tell the sincerity of your friends when they don't need your help.''

''I am looking for the edge but the edge has become flat.''

''The artist may age ... but the emotions and feelings that 'drive' an artist are the same from birth.''

''When someone buys one of my sculptures they also get the emotions that go with it.''

''The greatest loss of all is the 'innocence' and the 'life' of people who live in fear in the 'darkness' of ignorance ... the fear of corrupt ideologies and governments.''

''To love is to recognize yourself in another human being.''

''Analyzing yourself through the process of thought is a cover-up to who you truly are because thought is limiting yourself to your true potential that is ... you are listening to your ego.''

''Try smelling sweat than over rated perfume.''

''The government who ignores it's artists must accept the liability in not keeping the stability and solidity with it's citizens.''

''When I want to get in touch with myself I make my sculpture, but then I realize how little I know of myself and so the sculpture becomes the mirror of the self in thought.''

''When two people are gossiping they can pass it off as sharing.''

''If we really knew that there was a 'Heaven' after death there would be a mass exodus from life.''

''Eventually, all religions will die out but it will take time ... a very long time.''

''Take life with a 'pinch of salt' ... but you might find that to get through life you will need a ton of salt.''

''In 'being original' means you go beyond the accepted norms.'' 

''When I said to 'God' in one of my better moments that I was an atheist .. he said .. ''O.K. have it your own way, but remember .. I did give you freewill''.'' 

''You are not born into this world to live to other peoples expectations ... life is not about 'kissing ass'.''

''I would fear human beings more than I would fear a 'God'.''

''Life is like a chess game ... you have to make a move.''

''Technology is our life style so much so that in the future we will have less need for medical doctors and more need for the psychiatrist.'' 

''Creativity is a 'head-on, full-blast' living at your potential of being at play.''

''When you die, you will go out the other end 'completely different' as when you came in from the other end.''

''If you want to know everyday bullshit ... look around you, you are already knee-deep in it ... just call it fertilizer for life's journey.''

''Childishness is by no means limited to children ... any good artist will use it to their advantage.''

''Change your whole attitude ... you might just frighten them.''

''Everything stems from love ... it's learning to live with the emotions that can hurt.''

''If you want to take the fall get someone to push you hard from behind but if you want to take the leap you will need to push yourself harder.''

''In my art I have to try to 'free' myself from this world and open my heart for others who are caught up in this world.''

''Creating art is the better journey in life''

''People in science look to the future ... people in religion look to the past ... people in the arts look everywhere.''

''Let people know where your opinion and you will be the better for it.''

''In desperation incentive can be very inventive.''

 ''I try each day to treat it like a 'new day' ... it helps me to get through the rest of the shit.''

 ''If there is one word that describes creative people as being 'different' from other human beings it is the word ... complexity ... well, maybe two words ... paradox.''

''Without my art, the reality of this world I live in would be unbearable.''

''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.''