"Man was not made for himself alone"

“If privacy had a gravestone it might read: 'Don't Worry. This Was for Your Own Good.”

Source : John Twelve Hawks (2015). “Against Authority: Freedom and the Rise of the Surveillance States”, p.4, West 26th Street Press

“Each time thou wishest to decide upon performing some enterprise, raise the eyes to heaven, pray God to bless thy project; if thou canst make that prayer, accomplish thy work.”

“Eventually something you love is going to be taken away. And then you will fall to the floor crying. And then, however much later, it is finally happening to you: you’re falling to the floor crying thinking, “I am falling to the floor crying,” but there’s an element of the ridiculous to it — you knew it would happen and, even worse, while you’re on the floor crying you look at the place where the wall meets the floor and you realize you didn’t paint it very well.”

“To sense the invisible and to be able to create it, that is art.”

Source : Helmut Friedel, Tina Dickey, Hans Hofmann, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München (1998). “Hans Hofmann: Wunder Des Rhythmus und Schönheit Des Raumes : [exhibition at the Städtische Galerie Im Lenbachaus in Munich, from 23 April to 29 June 1997, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, from 12 September to 2 November 1997 ]”, p.7, Hudson Hills

“Many writers secretly long to be performers. You always get the 'if you weren't a writer' question. I would be a back-up singer, to stand in the back and go like 'do, do, do.”

“Nothing is more abstract than reality.”

Source : Karen Wilkin, Giorgio Morandi (2007). “Giorgio Morandi: works, writings and interviews”, Poligrafa Ediciones Sa

“When ideas come, I write them; when they don't come, I don't.”

“I'm hopeless at small talk and have a problem making eye contact.”