I Lived Through The Garbage. I Might

I Lived Through The Garbage. I Might As Well Dine On The Caviar.

There Is No Shortcut To Anyplace Worth Going.

I Had Found A Kind Of Serenity, A New Maturity. I Didn't Feel Better Or Stronger Than Anyone Else But It Seemed No Longer Important Whether Everyone Loved Me Or Not - More Important Now Was For Me To Love Them. Feeling That Way Turns Your Whole Life Around; Living Becomes The Act Of Giving.

A Primary Function Of Art And Thought Is To Liberate The Individual From The Tyranny Of His Culture In The Environmental Sense And To Permit Him To Stand Beyond It In An Autonomy Of Perception And Judgment.

So Long As It Doesn't Get To The Point Where You Don't Remember Whose Opera You're Listening To, I'm Willing To Experiment.