Originality finds the unexpected but inevitable next step. — Mason Cooley Creativity Copy Share Image
Imagination awakens ambition, then causes it to lose its way. — Mason Cooley Ambition Copy Share Image
As a child I was told by my parents that I was happy, but I did not believe them. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
King Kong, Count Dracula, and the Phantom of the Opera are just looking for love, like the rest of us. — Mason Cooley Count dracula Copy Share Image
The Insignificance of Man is a congenial theme; my own insignificance is a sore point. — Mason Cooley Insignificance Copy Share Image
Once I find the right maxim to apply, I feel that I have done all that can be expected of me. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
After I have said what is required by my vanity and my morality, I may find a moment for Truth. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Ideas about life organize perception; names of emotions organize sensations; rules of syntax organize thought. But pain comes on its own. — Mason Cooley Emotion Copy Share Image
Ladies and gentlemen are supposed to be looked after by others, like children and pets. — Mason Cooley Children Copy Share Image
To learn a vocation, you also have to learn the frauds it practices and the promises it breaks. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
In the great cities, winter glitters with art and feasting. But poetry, the country cousin, sees only the dearth of the fields. — Mason Cooley Art Copy Share Image