The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.
Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance.
There is something self-defeating in the too-conscious pursuit of pleasure.
Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails.
Humor is a kind of emotional chaos told about calmly and quietly in retrospect.There is always a laugh in the utterly familiar.
People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.