No Art Goes Unmediated By Other Art.

It Is Hard To Think Of Any Work Of Art Of Which One Can Say 'this Saved The Life Of One Jew, One Vietnamese, One Cambodian'. Specific Books, Perhaps; But As Far As One Can Tell, No Paintings Or Sculptures. The Difference Between Us And The Artists Of The 1920's Is That They They Thought Such A Work Of Art Could Be Made. Perhaps It Was A Certain Naivete That Made Them Think So. But It Is Certainly Our Loss That We Cannot.

One Gets Tired Of The Role Critics Are Supposed To Have In This Culture: It's Like Being The Piano Player In A Whorehouse; You Don't Have Any Control Over The Action Going On Upstairs.

We've Got A Recipe For Disaster. It's Huge -- This Combination Of Body Image Issues And The Drug's Weight Loss Appeal.

Now That Rates Are Moving Up, We're Seeing More Aggressive Offerings From Banks.

There's No Geist Like The Zeitgeist.