The easiest thing in the world for me is to pay attention.

Marriage is a sort of tacit hunting in couples. The world all in couples, each couple in its own little house, watching its own little interests and stewing in its own little privacy - it's the most repulsive thing in the world. One's got to get rid of the exclusiveness of married love.

To travel is to shop.

There is an aggression implicit in every use of the camera.

The capacity to be overwhelmed by the beautiful is astonishingly sturdy and survives amidst the harshest distractions.

Fatal illness has always been viewed as a test of moral character, but in the nineteenth century there is a great reluctance to let anybody flunk the test.

The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes.