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
opportunity self criticism
Self-criticism expands the opportunities for discourse and eliminates the need for an adversary.
criticism important use
A critic who uses new quotations is making important changes.
criticism shapes purpose
Rule of criticism: only attend to the shape, and the purpose will manifest itself.
criticism evidence strict
Strict rules of evidence would destroy psychoanalysis and literary criticism.
criticism culture prey
The critic roams through culture, looking for prey.
voice criticism invited
Go ahead and voice your criticisms, but don't expect to be invited back.
criticism polemics pranks
Literary criticism now is all pranks and polemics.
art criticism critics
Critics are more committed to the rules of art than artists are.
I see what you mean, but I do not think what you think.
nice literature hobbies
Preserving tradition has become a nice hobby, like stamp collecting.
im-sorry sorry mistrust
Mistrust makes life difficult. Trust makes it risky.
art avant-garde care
Avant-garde art jousts with propriety, but takes care never to unseat it.
stories literature insult
Modern literature seduces with insults, riddles, and inside stories.
beginning-middle-and-end abandoned ends
The beginning, middle, and end are parodied, reversed, and hidden by modernism, but not abandoned.