One function of art is to de-kitschify kitsch.

Vermeer's woman reading a letter is as full of latent or subliminal kitsch as Tolstoy's War and Peace.

The happiest marriages are full of alternative lives, lived in the head, unknown to the partner.

Kitsch of course only comes into existence when we recognize how and why it works.

If one is talking about a vile thing it is better to talk of it in coarse language

Faith hasn't got no eyes but she's long-legged.

Education, like neurosis, begins at home.

Nature won't be summoned to order and won't be kept waiting. It must be caught, well caught.

He's had a lovely career for the talent he's got.

Everyone has a story if you just listen and shut up.

One of the happiest days of my life is when I made five or six hundred pesos from a crop of watermelons I raise all on my own.

Power is the ability to afford not to learn.

We're in such a volatile climate right now politically. I think they didn't want Assassins to not succeed due to popular opinion and politics, versus on its own merits. I can respect that.

Ultimately, growth is essential for increasing a company's value.