1,425 Quotes by Mason Cooley

Reality is the name we give to our disappointments.

The exhibitionist loves to flirt with shame

A quick smile is more seductive than a slinky dress.

Jealousy is inconsolable because it cannot know the beloved

The nudes of art are not so distant from pornography as prudish pedants pretend.

When I am bored with myself, I try to find someone to listen to me.

In the street, the gaze of desire is furtive or menacing.

After desolation, grief brings back our humanity.

People are not the way they are primarily in order to annoy me.