As a child I was told by my parents that I was happy, but I did not believe them. — Mason Cooley Believe Copy Share Image
I have a special grudge against those who have the same faults as I do. — Mason Cooley Faults Copy Share Image
We may eat dinner together, but everyone puts the food in his own mouth. — Mason Cooley Dinner Copy Share Image
The dignified catastrophes of tragedy bear little resemblance to the slow ruin inflicted by life. — Mason Cooley Bears Copy Share Image
The New York action painters want their pictures to jump off the walls and chase you down the street. — Mason Cooley Action Copy Share Image
I am forbidden sugar, fat, and alcohol. So hooray, I guess, for oatmeal, lemon juice, and chicken soup. — Mason Cooley Alcohol Copy Share Image
When science drove the gods out of nature, they took refuge in poetry and the porticos of civic buildings. — Mason Cooley Building Copy Share Image
Self-satisfaction and self-pity are both condemned. What are people permitted to feel about themselves? — Mason Cooley Feels Copy Share Image
Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris. — Mason Cooley Drawing Copy Share Image
I am often attracted to people with whom I could not hold a five minute conversation. — Mason Cooley Attracted Copy Share Image
The closeups of pornography make human genitals look like undiscovered prehistoric animals. — Mason Cooley Animal Copy Share Image
