witty quotes

“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.

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

My process in a nutshell?

“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.

Wise words Gavin!

"When the teachers asked me to play something, I would pretend that I was reading it and play from memory. I didn't fool them, but I didn't care." - Vangelis (1943 - 2022).