All Art Is Autobiographical; The Pearl Is

Like Many People, I Have No Religion, And I Am Just Sitting In A Small Boat Drifting With The Tide. I Live In The Doubts Of My Duty.... I Think There Is Dignity In This, Just To Go On Working.... Today We Stand Naked, Defenseless, And More Alone Than At Any Time In History. We Are Waiting For Something, Perhaps Another Miracle, Perhaps The Martians. Who Knows?

The Young Watch Television Twenty-four Hours A Day, They Don't Read And They Rarely Listen. This Incessant Bombardment Of Images Has Developed A Hypertrophied Eye Condition That's Turning Them Into A Race Of Mutants. They Should Pass A Law For A Total Reeducation Of The Young, Making Children Visit The Galleria Borghese On A Daily Basis.

The Picture Is In Your Head, In Your Imagination, Everything.

Nothing Is More Honest Than A Dream.

It's Easier To Be Faithful To A Restaurant Than It Is To A Woman.