Was there little time between the invention of language and the coming of true and false?

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.

I became an artist because I wanted to be an active participant in the conversation about art.

The book's always better than the movie.

Forgiving yourself means that you give up on your hope that the past will be different.

The most durable monument of human labor is that which recalls the wretchedness and nothingness of man.

I must have been heavily schizophrenic all my life. The me who hears what the other me can't play is the dominant one.

I do believe that non-violent civil disobedience is a very important and useful tactic.

I remember that my mother once told me that the opposite of love isn't hate, it's indifference.

All I did was take my time, figure out where I made a lot of mistakes and try not to make them no more.

Take the long way. Do the hard work, consistently and with generosity and transparency. And then you won't waste time doing it over.

The atoms of Democritus And Newton's particles of light Are sands upon the Red Sea shore, Where Israel's tents do shine so bright.