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
museums history giving
A Museum of fetishes would give special attention to the history of underwear.
fall history apocalypse
History takes place between the Fall and the Apocalypse, with a narrow escape route called Salvation.
memories history creative
Creative memory is the historian's most subtle opponent.
history doe
History goes out of control almost as often as nature does.
vacation history promise
The transcendental promises a vacation from history.
history effort psychology
Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort.
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.
modern paint depiction
Modern pictures banish depiction for interfering with the workings of paint.
freedom lateness late
Always late: thus I make you the prisoner of my freedom.