Mason Cooley
Mason Cooley
Mason Cooleywas an American aphorist known for his witty aphorisms. One of these such aphorisms Cooley developed was "The time I kill is killing me."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
change art works-of-art
Every work of art changes its predecessors.
change past trying
Many try to force the past to change.
change crime accepted
Change often makes accepted customs into crimes.
change
We make some changes. But mostly changes make us.
art seductive chaos
Art can make chaos seductive.
drunk solitude sober
Alone, I am drunk on my thoughts; in company, I am sober again.
color white squares
Interpreting the dance: young women in white dancing in a ring can only be virgins; old women in black dancing in a ring can only be witches; but middle-aged women in colors, square dancing...?
flirting greatest-love shame
The exhibitionist loves to flirt with shame
generosity refrain knows
Generosity knows how to count, but refrains.
back-roads credo scepticism
Scepticism is always a back road leading to some credo or other.
lonely people flow
Lonely people keep up a ceaseless flow of commentary on themselves.
aphorism
In an aphorism, aptness counts for more than truth.
critical-spirit meddling knows
The critical spirit never knows when to stop meddling.
views turkeys stories
Radical historians now the tell the story of Thanksgiving from the point of view of the turkey.