A lot of positive psychology is stuck in being the psychology of privilege, and I reject that.
Morandi gave an intimate view of his deepest thoughts. We watched him inquiring after the devilish questions of essences and substances.
If we don't have a sense of humor, we lack a sense of perspective
Common objects become strangely uncommon when removed from their context and ordinary ways of being seen.
I think of myself as a beginner. Sometimes that's the whole joy. If you could just do it, there'd be no point in doing it.
If you stare at an object, as you do when you paint, there is no point at which you stop learning things from it.
I haven't the slightest idea what art is, but to be a painter is something of which you have to prove.
The morning paper is just as necessary for an American as dew is to the grass.
The aggressive use of wiretaps is important: It shows that we are targeting white-collar insider-trading rings with the same powerful investigative tools that have worked so successfully against the mob and drug cartels.
Prosperity makes few friends.
Thank God for books and music and things I can think about. " --Charlie Gordan