I think the act of reading imbues the reader with a sensitivity toward the outside world that people who don't read can sometimes lack.

The metropolis exacts from man as a discriminating creature a different amount of consciousness than does rural life.

I’m drawn to the idea of art as a shared experience.

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."

最好的艺术总是处于品味的边缘。

I don't feel like I have to please anyone but myself.