The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar, and is shocked by the unexpected: the eye, on the other read more

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar, and is shocked by the unexpected: the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

A healthy body is a guest chamber for the soul: a sick body is a prison.

A healthy body is a guest chamber for the soul: a sick body is a prison.

What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?

What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?

My skull, my eyes, my nose three times, my jaw, my shoulder, my chest, two fingers, a knee, everything from read more

My skull, my eyes, my nose three times, my jaw, my shoulder, my chest, two fingers, a knee, everything from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet. [Listing what body parts he has broken].

I don't think that the flesh is necessarily treacherous, evil, bad. It is cantankerous, and it is independent. The idea read more

I don't think that the flesh is necessarily treacherous, evil, bad. It is cantankerous, and it is independent. The idea of independence is the key. It really is like colonialism. The colonies suddenly decide that they can and should exist with their own personality and should detach from the control of the mother country. At first the colony is perceived as being treacherous. It's a betrayal. Ultimately, it can be seen as the separation of a partner that could be very valuable as an equal rather than as something you dominate.

Mental pleasure are never cloy; unlike those of the body, they are increased by repetition, approved by reflection, and strengthened read more

Mental pleasure are never cloy; unlike those of the body, they are increased by repetition, approved by reflection, and strengthened by enjoyment.

A human being is an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

A human being is an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

I'm never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone.

I'm never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone.

. . . I rarely draw what I see. I draw what I feel in my body.

. . . I rarely draw what I see. I draw what I feel in my body.