Does not everything depend on our interpretation of the silence around us?

Art—the meaning of the pattern of our common actions in reality. The cloth-of-gold that hides behind the sackcloth of reality, forced out by the pain of human memory.

I suppose the secret of his success is in his tremendous idleness which almost approaches the supernatural.

People only see in us the contemptible skirt-fever which rules our actions but completely miss the beauty-hunger underlying it.

Poverty is a great cutter-off and riches a great shutter-off.

I have done so many things in my life, " she said to the mirror. "Evil things, perhaps. But never unattentively, never wastefully...was I wrong?

Don't miss the blessing disguised as shit.

Strangeness is a necessary ingredient in beauty.

Poor Amy. I could tell she was suffering. Poor Thing. Life was so tough for the rich, beautiful and magical.

...didn't need to waste so much time envisioning some vague horribleness awaiting me in my future.

Verbose is not a synonym for literary.

Constitutional interpretation is not the business of the Court only, but also properly the business of all branches of government.

Politics is not a game. Thousands of people's jobs and services depended on what the GLC did, and they expected us to do the best we could.

I really don’t want a compilation of sounds. I just need them to be songs.

A strong case can be made for religious leaders to speak out on political issues.

I was a very hard-edged geometric painter, strongly influenced by [Piet] Mondrian and [Theo] van Doesburg and that sort of thing.