The Suicide, as she is falling, Illuminated by the moon, Regrets her act, and finds appalling The thought she will be dead so soon.
Edward GoreyExplaining something makes it go away, so to speak; what's important is left after you have explained everything else.
Edward GoreyIf something doesn't creep into a drawing that you're not prepared for, you might as well not have drawn it.
Edward GoreyAll the things you can talk about in anyone's work are the things that are least important.... You can describe all the externals of a performance - everything, in fact, but what really constitutes its core. Explaining something makes it go away, so to speak; what's important is what's left over after you've explained everything else.
Edward Gorey