quotes

“But life is just a party And parties weren't meant to last…” - from ‘1999’ by Prince.

Taking time after all things festive to scribble some more… and of course, test out even more washi tape I got gifted!

“Edinburgh is home. It’s like everything in the world that should be is in Edinburgh and its surroundings.” - Bert Jansch.

"If there are things that haven’t aged well, I’d be grateful if you laugh them off with a forgiving heart.” - Hirokazu Hikawa.

“I find only freedom in the realms of eccentricity.” - David Bowie.

“You must go on a long journey before you can really find out how wonderful home is.” - Tove Jansson, Comet In Moominland.

“I remain old, but younger than I’ll be tomorrow.” - Richard Kind.

“Change is inevitable. You either resist it—we know who those people are—or you go with it.” - Robert Redford (1936 - 2025).

This quote from Voltaire rings true, no doubt about that! “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” - Voltaire.

“If you do not know where you are going, any road will take you there.” - Sterling Holloway.

“I was born to rock the boat. Some may sink, but we may float.” - Warren Zevon.

“New mysteries. New day. Fresh doughnuts.” - David Lynch.

Music quotes that apply to art as well… “Anybody can play. The note is only 20%. The attitude of the motherf•••er who plays it is 80%.” - Miles Davis.

“It seems that, like plants, we do need the shit of others for nutrients.” - Robert Hughes.

Rest in power Philip Seymour Hoffman! Your words ring true for all creative minds, no matter what they make.

My process in a nutshell?

‘tis true! No doubt about it.

I generally make marks on something every day, but I'm really TRYING to do it purposefully in one single journal at a time. I also have super ADHD, which means I pretty much never go up to my actual studio and usually only use what's out on my desk, because out-of-sight-out-of-mind.

Couldn’t end the current sketchbook without a narwhal! And goblin critters too…

“We surrender. I think a lot of the art experience is about surrendering.” - Brian Eno.

“You must plan to be spontaneous.” - David Hockney (1937 - 2026). Thank you for everything you legend!

“Just as the permanent foundation of the ground provides the springboard for voyages into outer space, so it is with the more mysterious flights of imagination.” — Roland Penrose.

“I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music.”
- Joan Miro.

“We’re living in a re-issue world, filching from the past like magpies with a Tardis.” - Mark E. Smith.

And that’s a wrap from this current sketchbook! Closing things with some Peter Falk wisdom I’ve shared before, I think… “My idea of Heaven is to wake up, have a good breakfast, and spend the rest of the day drawing.”

“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” - Bruce Lee.

“Rules are for other people, I like breaking the rules!” - Todd Rundgren.

“I don’t know much, but I know a little about a lot of things.” - Oliver Hardy.

“I'd never just want to do what everybody else did. I'd be contributing to the sameness of everything." - Captain Beefheart.