No great movement designed to change the world can bear to be laughed at or belittled. Mockery is a rust that corrodes all it touches. less than 1 minute read
The great thing about being a print journalist is that you are permitted to duck. Cameramen get killed while the writers are flat on the floor. A war correspondent for the BBC dedicated his memoir to 50 fallen colleagues, and I guarantee you they were all taking pictures. I am only alive because I am such a chicken. less than 1 minute read
He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man. less than 1 minute read
Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic. less than 1 minute read
I’m 36 and if I met a woman of my own age and married her, I’d also be marrying her former life, her past. It might be OK for some people - I don’t want to judge it or anything - but it’s not for me. It would destroy my creativity. less than 1 minute read
