Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea. Never give advice unless asked. I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life. In fact, I've just had a mirror put over my kitchen table. I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry. Achilles absent was Achilles still! Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower. Talking is the disease of age. Criticism is the disapproval of people, not for having faults, but having faults different from your own. Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that there is no God. Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess? Why pay a dollar for a bookmark? Why not use the dollar for a bookmark? Don't think, just do. To really enjoy the better things in life, one must first have experienced the things they are better than. Exercise: you don't have time not to. Great dancers are not great because of their technique they are great because of their passion. Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism. They teach anything in universities today. You can major in mud pies. Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture. The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
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