Don't ye know that ev'ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?

It's only when you're forbidden to talk about the future that you suddenly realize how much the future normally occupies the present.

If we ban whatever offends any group in our diverse society, we will soon have no art, no culture, no humor, no satire. Satire is by its nature offensive. So is much art and political discourse. The value of these expressions far outweighs their risk.

It is not surprising that Venice is known above all for mirrors and glass since Venice is the most narcissistic city in the world, the city that celebrates self-mirroring.

Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.

Faith is the Knowledge of the Heart, Logick the Knowledge of the Mind.

Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.