Thought is more important than art. To revere art and have no understanding of the process that forces it into existence, is finally not even to understand what art is.
Death is not more certainly a separation of our souls from our bodies than the Christian life is a separation of our souls from worldly tempers, vain indulgences, and unnecessary cares.
We sat here during Irene in '99 with the back door open. We drank and watched all the stuff fly by.