Is it the obligation of great art to be continually interesting? I think not.
If tragedy is an experience of hyperinvolvement, comedy is an experience of underinvolvement, of detachment.
Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.
But I cannot forgive those who did not care about more than their own glory or well-being. They thought they were civilized. They were despicable. Damn them all.
I like to feel dumb. That’s how I know there’s more in the world than me.
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.