So successful has been the camera's role in beautifying the world that photographs, rather than the world, have become the standard of the beautiful.

Fear binds people together. And fear disperses them. Courage inspires communities: the courage of an example - for courage is as contagious as fear. But courage, certain kinds of courage, can also isolate the brave.

Self-exposure is commendable in art only when it is of a quality and complexity that allows other people to learn about themselves from it.

Lying is the most simple form of self-defence.

What we need is to use what we have.

Ours is an age which consciously pursues health, and yet only believes in the reality of sickness.

Courage is morally neutral.