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
style literary-style
To understand a literary style, consider what it omits.
sacrifice style comfort
Style disdains comfort and is always ready to sacrifice virtue.
style noble subjects
The noble style immobilizes its subjects.
museums style parody
The grand style is available now only in old poems, museums, and parodies.
witty winning style
In comedy, the witty style wins out over every mishap of the plot.
style skinny well-dressed
To appear well dressed, be skinny and tall.
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.