I Know What I Like—i Like Art—and

We May All Be A Peculiar Lot...often Broke, Often Dissatisfied Because We're Not Doing More And Better Work...but We Know How To Have A Ball That Makes The Rest Of The World Seem Square.

No One But Gene Tierney Could Have Played 'laura.' There Was No Other Actress Around With Her Particular Combination Of Beauty, Breeding, And Mystery.

I'm Extremely Profane, Unconsciously So, When I See Something Great For The First Time; I Don't Know Why, But Beauty And Profanity Are Related To Me In The Same Way. It May Be That I Want To Think Of Art In The Vernacular, But I Have No Control Over What Comes Out Of My Mouth When My Eyes Take In Great Beauty...it Might Just Be The Reason I Avoid Going To Museums With Elderly Ladies.

Sometimes You Read A Passage By A Great Writer, And You Know What He Says And How He Says It Will Always Be, For You, The Only Possible Way It Could Be. Less Often A Painter Will Describe An Event In A Way That Fits Into Your Interpretation Of That Event So Perfectly That It Becomes The Event Itself.

I’m Always Intrigued By My Nonsensical Concern With Picking Out A Bunch Of Things That Look Exactly Alike The Ones That Somehow I Feel Are The Best And Belong To Me. It’s That Same Crazy Urge Or Superstition, Or Whatever It Is, That Makes Me Open A Bible In A Hotel Room, Hoping For Some Great Happenstance Spiritual Word Of Advice. More Often Than Not, I Hit A Long Passage Of Begats And Begots, Which Contain Little Inspiration Other Than The Fact That Procreation Is The Highest Aim Of Life.