The Dionysian Is No Picnic.

Judeo-christians Have Got To Respect The Pagan Truth Shown In The Popular Culture Of Sex And Violence. It's Meaningful About The Elemental Forces Of Life, The Brutality Of Life And Nature.

I Certainly Derived My Skills As A Prose Writer From My Scrutiny Of Poetry And Of The Individual Word. But Schools Don't Do Things Like That Anymore - Tracking Words Down To Their Roots.

Does Art Have A Future? Performance Genres Like Opera, Theater, Music And Dance Are Thriving All Over The World, But The Visual Arts Have Been In Slow Decline For Nearly 40 Years. No Major Figure Of Profound Influence Has Emerged In Painting Or Sculpture Since The Waning Of Pop Art And The Birth Of Minimalism In The Early 1970s.

Personality Maintains Its Discreetness By An Act Of Will. Otherwise One Person Will Flow Helplessly Into Another.

I Cannot Be Convinced That Great Artists Are Moralists. Art Is First Appearances, Then Meaning.