Let's Have A Toast - To The

Whatever Creativity Is, It Is In Part A Solution To A Problem.

The Misfortune Of A Young Man Who Returns To His Native Land After Years Away Is That He Finds His Native Land Foreign; Whereas The Lands He Left Behind Remain For Ever Like A Mirage In His Mind. However, Misfortune Can Itself Sow Seeds Of Creativity. ---- Afterword To "hothouse" Brian Aldiss

I Can't Help Believing That These Things That Come From The Subconscious Mind Have A Sort Of Truth To Them. It May Not Be A Scientific Truth, But It's Psychological Truth.

I Have Had Wealth, Rank And Power, But, If These Were All I Had, How Wretched I Should Be.

That's The Artist's Role - To Strike Out Always For Something New, To Break Away, To Defy, To... Grapple With The Unfamiliar.