The only peace is being out of earshot.

Pain narrows consciousness; pleasure blurs it.

When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.

My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.

Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth

The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.

Imagine others complexly.

2a.m and a ceiling stained with question marks.

Happy the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind and has given up worrying once and for all.

Most closed heavens for the Christian are between his ears. Believing a lie empowers the liar.

Trust...trust your fellow actors to support you; trust them to come through if you lay something heavy on them; trust yourself.

I understand - and often make fun of - the desire to run to the wall text before running to the painting.

One day we will all cherish the memory of having blacksmiths on every corner.

He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.

Beware of those who seek to take care of you lest your caretakers become your jailers.

When circumstances defy order, order should bend or break: anomalies and uncertainties give validity to architecture.