“The poor have very few hours in which to enjoy themselves; they must take their pleasure raw; they haven't the time to cook it.” EnjoyHoursPleasurePoorHavensCooksPleasures Of Life Book:The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Vol II: The Plays Source: The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Vol II: The Plays
“[Comics is] one of the last havens for honesty when it comes to a reader's genuine response to art. Most of us, if we don't find any sympathy or pleasure, for example, in a modern painting, are likely to blame our own ignorance of the history and theory of painting. But nobody pretends to like a bad comic strip. Such harshness is necessary for any real truth to surface, I think, and for art to really contribute anything to life. Though I don't know. I could be wrong.” IfsThinkingKnowsArtRealLastsPleasureModernHavensHonestyExampleIgnorancePaintingTheoryReaderBlameResponseSurfaceGenuineComicComic StripsHarshnessReal Truth Author:Chris Ware
“We know that if you have $20 million, it's better to buy a van Gough print than it is buy an executive jet, from the point of view of the environment. But when you start getting down, it's like the recycling question: What are things we can really afford to do, and how much pleasure do we get out of them? We haven't even started to have that discussion, and it's getting awfully late.” IfsKnowsPleasureViewsMillionsEnvironmentHavensLatePoint Of ViewDiscussionExecutivesPrintVansJetRecycling Author:Paul R. Ehrlich
“There is no pleasure that I haven't actually made myself sick on.” MadePleasureHavensSick Author:Philip Seymour Hoffman