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A Seventeenth-century Painting Can Be "modern" Because The Living Eye Finds It Fresh And New. A "modern" Painting Can Be Outdated Because It Was A Product Of The Moment And Not Of Time.

What Is Asserted By A Man Is An Opinion; What Is Asserted By A Woman Is Opinionated. A Woman With Ideas And The Ability To Express Them Is Something Of A Social Embarrassment, Like An Unhousebroken Pet.

Fear Has Always Been A Diminisher Of Life. Whether Bred In The Bogs Of Superstition Or Clothed In The Brocades Of Dogma And Ritual, The Specter Of Death Has Reduced The Living To Supplicants, Powerless.

A Man At His Desk In A Room With A Closed Door Is A Man At Work. A Woman At A Desk In Any Room Is Available.

The Greatest Miracle Of All, The Human Being.