People believe that photographs are true and therefore cannot be art. — Mason Cooley Art Copy Share Image
The nudes of art are not so distant from pornography as prudish pedants pretend. — Mason Cooley Art Copy Share Image
The past is ignorant of the present. Be careful in taking its advice. — Mason Cooley Advice 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
The realist lies for advantage. The fantasist lies to give his dreams a flavor of reality. — Mason Cooley Advantage 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
Like other secret lovers, many speak mockingly about popular culture to conceal their passion for it. — Mason Cooley Culture Copy Share Image
Children must be protected not because they are innocent but because they are powerless. — Mason Cooley Child 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
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
Finding a thought for an aphorism is not hard. Putting a kink in its tail is the hard part. — Mason Cooley Aphorism Copy Share Image
Writing about an idea frees me of it. Thinking about it is a circle of repetitions. — Mason Cooley Circles Copy Share Image
Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves. — Mason Cooley Compassion Copy Share Image
The routines of tourism are even more monotonous than those of daily life. — Mason Cooley Daily life Copy Share Image
Beware of wallflowers. They expect to have everything done for them. — Mason Cooley Beware Copy Share Image
