Kitsch makes things that are pretty as representations, but ugly as art, modern artists made things that are ugly as representations but beautiful as art.

Art daunts us with its cold exacting dullness, kitsch gratifies us (with cosy democratic largesse).

Art and irony would disintegrate the personality, kitsch makes it whole.

Artists now decline to go to bed with beauty, fearing they'll wake up with kitsch.

Kitsch is all that the modern world makes that's not modern, which is most of it.

To be or not to be, is not the question, if you ain't something then you are nothing.

Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire a knowledge of the laws of trade and commerce.

It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.

Isn't it strange how we move out lives for another day? Like skipping a beat, what if a great wave should wash us all away?

Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves.

You see, I went to the sixth grade and that was the highest I ever went.

I live with the things that I love: art, furniture, and objects that I have collected throughout my travels.

Going to a charity tea party and thinking that you've done your bit toward putting an end to social inequity in the world.

Look, I'm going to find a way to be happy, and I'd really love to be happy with you, but if I can't be happy with you, then I'll find a way to be happy without you.

Your stew, so long deferred, stands finally extra causas. Greet it as your fellow creature. It is as deliciously unnecessary as you are.