The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected. – Henry David Thoreau
A lot of what Ive been learning in the last two years is due to therapy – about my sexuality, why things go wrong, why relationships havent worked. It isnt anything to do with anybody else its to do with me. – Boy George
Anticipating that most poetry will be worse than carrying heavy luggage through OHare Airport, the public, to its loss, reads very little of it. – Russell Baker