We're getting closer to our nature.
'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.
I like perfume and flowers.
Soul meets soul on lovers' lips.
The present age has seen a great slump in humanist values.
Megacollectors suppose they can enter art history by spending astronomical amounts.
If thou art a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.
Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.
Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.
The right to revolt has sources deep in our history.
No state legislature ever built a great university.
Every calling is great when greatly pursued.
Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.
We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
Good humor isn't a trait of character, it is an art which requires practice.
The ancient codes were doubtless originally suggested by the discovery and diffusion of the art of writing.
Art is changing. Again. Here. Now. Opportunities to witness this are rare, so attend and observe.
I've always said that an art critic can put aside politics around art.
I'm a New Yorker, and I jaywalk with the best of them.
Not everyone is equally good-looking.