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
desire shame stills
Shameless: Punish me for my desire if you will. It burns still.
soul appetite stills
The soul is no longer honored as it once was, but it still keeps appetite from being the measure of all things.
love art stills
All history and art are against us, but we still expect happiness in love.
success failure stills
Small successes are still successes; great failures are still failures.
language term stills
Reversing a proposition rearranges its terms, but still keeps out new terms.
jealousy stills
I am no longer in love, but I still have my jealousy.
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.