Going around under an umbrella interferes with one's looking up at the sky.

Quote by Jerzy Kosinski

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Take a look at the books other people have in their homes.

Take a look at the books other people have in their homes.

Mapplethorpe presented the body as a sexual object, separating it from the humanity of the...

Mapplethorpe presented the body as a sexual object, separating it from the humanity of the...

The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.

The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.

I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That...

I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That...

Persons who have been homeless carry within them a certain philosophy of life which makes...

Persons who have been homeless carry within them a certain philosophy of life which makes...

In London, the weather would affect me negatively. I react strongly to light. If it...

In London, the weather would affect me negatively. I react strongly to light. If it...

A trait which differentiated New York from European cities was the incredible freedom and ease...

A trait which differentiated New York from European cities was the incredible freedom and ease...

I do not gather things, I prefer to rent them rather than to possess them.

I do not gather things, I prefer to rent them rather than to possess them.

It is not sex by itself that interests me, but its particular role in American...

It is not sex by itself that interests me, but its particular role in American...

I don't fret over lost time - I can always use the situations in a...

I don't fret over lost time - I can always use the situations in a...

In my photographs it is apparent that there was no posing at the moment I...

In my photographs it is apparent that there was no posing at the moment I...

It is possible to stand around with a cocktail in one's hand and talk with...

It is possible to stand around with a cocktail in one's hand and talk with...

I write for a certain sphere of readers in the United States who on average...

I write for a certain sphere of readers in the United States who on average...

And really the purpose of art - for me, fiction - is to alert, to...

And really the purpose of art - for me, fiction - is to alert, to...

If we reduce social life to the smallest possible unit we will find that there...

If we reduce social life to the smallest possible unit we will find that there...

Physical comfort has nothing to do with any other comfort.

Physical comfort has nothing to do with any other comfort.

The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.

The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.

I collect human relationships very much the way others collect fine art.

I collect human relationships very much the way others collect fine art.

I look back into past history, the stored experiences or products of the imagination. I...

I look back into past history, the stored experiences or products of the imagination. I...

As I go to sleep I remember what my father said-that one can never be...

As I go to sleep I remember what my father said-that one can never be...