The New York action painters want their pictures to jump off the walls and chase you down the street. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Lovers never want to say "I love you" at the same moment. Hence all the love stories. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: some horses run faster than others. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The aphorism wants to be at the same time both main line and off beat. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Never invite to dinner: those who won't decide until the last minute; those who come more than half an hour late; those… — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Faith no doubt moves mountains, but not necessarily to where we want them. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
At retirement, switching from "I must" to "I want" leaves me puzzled and uneasy. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
By the time I have clarified a thought, I no longer want to think it. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Nostalgia keeps dissolving the ironic narratives in which I have contained my past. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Even the most abject have a sense of superiority based on powerful though undefined merits. — Mason Cooley 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 Copy Share Image
My intentions go one way, my desires another. Thus I feel both self-indulgent and deprived. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
