Paradox implies that stating a contradiction disposes of it. — Mason Cooley Contradiction Copy Share Image
The life of pleasure breeds boredom. The life of duty breeds resentment. — Mason Cooley Boredom Copy Share Image
When I try to portray to myself my heart's desire, nothing happens. — Mason Cooley Desire Copy Share Image
Position yourself well enough, and circumstances will do the rest. — Mason Cooley Circumstances Copy Share Image
Three people marooned on a desert island would soon reinvent politics. — Mason Cooley Desert Copy Share Image
Writing an upbeat aphorism is a temptation, but decorum forbids. — Mason Cooley Aphorism Copy Share Image
I criticize myself ruthlessly, but never mention the faults of which I am truly ashamed. — Mason Cooley Ashamed Copy Share Image
Paradise endangered: garden snakes and mice are appearing in the shadowy corners of Dutch Old Master paintings. — Mason Cooley Appearing Copy Share Image
I seldom remember my father, but I sneeze and rub my nose the way he did. I also love my son with… — Mason Cooley Anger Copy Share Image
New York is full of abandoned churches. A Godless city, but full of superstitions on every subject--art, money, sex, food, health. — Mason Cooley Abandoned Copy Share Image
Think of the many different relations of form and content. E.g., the many pairs of trousers and what's in them. — Mason Cooley Different Copy Share Image
Gossip is dying out because fewer and fewer people care to talk about anything besides themselves. — Mason Cooley Care Copy Share Image
Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc. — Mason Cooley Beggar Copy Share Image
Your love for me is founded in a sentiment. My love for you is founded in the body. A precarious interchange. — Mason Cooley Body Copy Share Image
The ninety percent of human experience that does not fit into established narrative patterns falls into oblivion. — Mason Cooley Doe Copy Share Image
Interpreting the dance: young women in white dancing in a ring can only be virgins; old women in black dancing in a… — Mason Cooley Black Copy Share Image
