witty quotes

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

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.”

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

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

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

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

“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.

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

“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.

“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.

“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.

“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.

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

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

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

Wise words Gavin!

My process in a nutshell?

"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).