Category Archives: Quotes

two coca cola bottles

To have, to realize that two Coca Cola bottles are not identical and what makes them not identical is that they’re not at the same point. They can’t be at the same point in space. Since they’re not at the … Continue reading

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On embracing what’s next…

I eagerly await new concepts and processes. I believe that the electronic image will be the next major advance. Such systems will have their own inherent and inescapable structural characteristics, and the artist and functional practitioner will again strive to … Continue reading

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Master of Simile

A smart, talented, accomplished writer-actor like Myers spending years meticulously creating, rehearsing, and refining an obnoxious one-note cartoon like Guru Pitka is a like a group of brilliant scientists working around the clock for a decade to build a malfunctioning … Continue reading

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The bigger they are…

Let’s fail together! – My lovely wife, Valerie, reacting to news that General Motors and Chrysler are exploring the possibility of a merger.

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Suburban Malcontent

The American suburb is ideally suited to driving alone and being a little sad about things you haven’t bought yet. – Merlin Mann from Twitter.

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Art, Clearly

I dream of an art so transparent that you can look through and see the world – The late poet Stanley Kunitz, quoted on a wall in the Visual Arts Center of Richmond.

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Outsider Art

The term “outsider art” is class warfare all wrapped in a neat little snarky bow. – Phil Barbato, via Twitter

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Hypocrilicious

Regardless of my lack of support for the major parties, Slate‘s John Dickerson nailed it when he said: We can disdain moderators who ask questions designed to trap candidates, but we’re no different if we screech every time they put … Continue reading

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Caveat Emptor

…the distinction between “great marketing accomplishment” and “consumer fraud” can be quite thin… from Going Private: The Five Circles of Hell

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Of potties and poetry…

Public toilets have a duty to be accessible, poetry does not. —Geoffrey Hill

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