Nick Bantock
Nick Bantock
Nick Bantockis a British artist and author based in Saltspring Island, British Columbia, known for his series, The Griffin and Sabine Trilogy. His books are published by Raincoast Books in Canada and Chronicle Books in the United States...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth14 July 1949
barely family feed katie minute next
One minute I was completely unknown, barely able to feed my family, living on pennies. The next minute, Katie Couric was interviewing me on the breakfast show.
worry decision tomorrow
The threads of circumstance that lead to tomorrow are so tenuous that all the fussing and worrying about decisions is futile compared to the pure randomness of existence.
spiritual art commitment
Art becomes a spiritual process depending upon the degree of commitment that you bring to it. Every experience becomes direct food for your art. Then your art teaches you about life.
mistake thinking offering
I don't think I am scared of intimacy, but I am frightened of making a mistake. offering more than I have, or expecting more than you can give. - Matt Sedon
pain love-you passion
I have loved you in every manner that my imagination could contrive. I have wanted you so deeply that my body sang with pain and pleasure. You have been my obsession, my passion, my philosophers' stone of fantasy. You are my desire, my longing, my spirit. I love you unconditionally. - Sabine Strohem
desire taste lips
She who licks her lips knows the taste of her lover's desires
writing years want
I do what I want to do. I see where my enthusiasm is. Over the years, my techniques expanded. That's how the writing came out.
memories journey artist
Our old experiences, memories and fears guide us down the present path. It's not so much that you are the artist; you are the conduit.
frightened
I was frightened to go forward, but I was even more frightened of going back.
art together spirituality
You cannot separate art from life or spirituality. They are bound together in a single unit.
children book kids
I had never read in public, never given an interview. I was doing it all and trying to produce the next book and raise three young kids and had another child on the way.
growing-up doors light
Growing up in England, people told you why you couldn't do things. Suddenly, I had a publisher banging on my door, and was given the creative green light to simply make.
collective-unconscious want way
For me, synchronicity is a way of confirming the rightness of action. It is only in its absence that I realize I'm out of kilter with, for want of a better term, the collective unconscious.
love-you home journey
Do you see that I cherish you beyond question, that you have nothing to prove to me? You are making your journey to secure yourself. I am already tethered to your side. if you can love yourself as I love you there will be no dislocation --- you will be whole. Bring yourself home to me and I will immerse you in very ounce of tenderness I possess. - Sabine Strohem