If The Devil Were To Offer Me

Salvador Dalí Seduced Many Ladies, Particularly American Ladies, But These Seductions Usually Consisted Of Stripping Them Naked In His Apartment, Frying A Couple Of Eggs, Putting Them On The Woman's Shoulders And, Without A Word, Showing Them The Door.

If We Could Only Find The Courage To Leave Our Destiny To Chance, To Accept The Fundamental Mystery Of Our Lives, Then We Might Be Closer To The Sort Of Happiness That Comes With Innocence.

Repeat, Over And Over Again, In Case Anyone Forgets It Or Believes The Contrary, That We Do Not Live In The Best Of All Possible Worlds.

Fortunately, Somewhere Between Chance And Mystery Lies Imagination, The Only Thing That Protects Our Freedom, Despite The Fact That People Keep Trying To Reduce It Or Kill It Off Altogether.

A Writer Or Painter Cannot Change The World. But They Can Keep An Essential Margin Of Nonconformity Alive.