The New York action painters want their pictures to jump off the walls and chase you down the street.

Sometimes "Yes" is rhetoric enough.

I want to appear ordinary, but I have it understood that I am not.

The philosophy of hedonism means little to lovers of pleasure. They have no inclination to read philosophy, or to write it.

Antagonistic cooperation is the principle of all markets and many marriages.

Fluency avoids hard thoughts.

Critics are more committed to the rules of art than artists are.