The ironies in the commonplace are my inspiration and delight.
Few things are worth doing perfectly.
I obey my own commands about as often as others do.
Realism absorbs the ideal by adding a few small imperfections. Example: it paints a few specks of mud on the white gown of the Lady in the Garden.
Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little.
Mathematics: silent harmonies. Music: sounding numbers.