No Man Is A Christian Who Cheats

Flirtation ... Is A Graceful Salute To Sex, A Small Impermanent Spark Between One Human Being And Another, Between A Man And A Woman Not In Need Of Fire.

There Is Nothing Harder To Come By Than Detachment And Solitude; And Nothing More Important.

The Overwhelming Majority Of People Who Are Engaged In The Processes Of Thought And Expression Are Democrats Because The Essence Of Thought Is Exploration And Diversity And Change. It's Impossible To Have Vision In Art Or Government Without Risk, Or The Boldness And Courage Which Produce Risk. And This - In Spite Of What They Call Modern Republicanism - Is The Antithesis Of True Republican Thinking.

Artists Never Make Wars. They Are Too Busy Making Life Out Of The Matter Of Their Visions.

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 A "modern" Painting Can Be Outdated Because It Was A Product Of The Moment And Not Of Time.