Rice Krispies happens to be one of my favorite junk foods, just as I regard Michener as superior among junk read more

Rice Krispies happens to be one of my favorite junk foods, just as I regard Michener as superior among junk writers.

An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.

An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.

Feminist art is not some tiny creek running off the great river of real art. It is not some crack read more

Feminist art is not some tiny creek running off the great river of real art. It is not some crack in an otherwise flawless stone. It is, quite spectacularly I think, art which is not based on the subjugation of one half of the species. It is art which will take the great human themes --love, death, heroism, suffering, history itself --and render them fully human. It may also, though perhaps our imaginations are so mutilated now that we are incapable even of the ambition, introduce a new theme, one as great and as rich as those others --should we call it "joy"?.

The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.

The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.

The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.

The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

The choirs left the main tune and soared two octaves past heaven in a descant to rattle the bones and read more

The choirs left the main tune and soared two octaves past heaven in a descant to rattle the bones and surge the heart.

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.

All autobiography is self-indulgent.

All autobiography is self-indulgent.