quotes

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

I collected quotes for the role models from a bunch of people, and compiled them into this...

Wise words Gavin!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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.

A playful and vibrant hand-lettered tribute to the universal language of comfort food. Featuring whimsical doodles of pizza, donuts, ice cream, and fried chicken, this design captures that "treat yourself" mood perfectly. Ideal for foodies, snack lovers, and anyone who knows that sometimes a donut is the best therapist.

“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.

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

Je dois avoir des fleurs. Toujours et toujours.

“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.”

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.

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

I took quotes from a missionary and put them on my drawing.

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

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

“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!

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

“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.

‘Everything will unfold in its own time. Don’t stand over a flower and yell at it to grow faster.’ - TheBettermanProject

Done in 2016