Mary Wilke: I was tired of submerging my identity to a very brilliant, dominating man. He’s a genius.
Isaac Davis: Oh really, he was a genius, Helen’s a genius and Dennis is a genius. You know a lot of geniuses, y’know. You should meet some stupid people once in a while, y’know, you could learn something.

Manhattan (1979)

With a bit of luck, his life was ruined forever. Always thinking that just behind some narrow door in all of his favorite bars, men in red woolen shirts are getting incredible kicks from things he’ll never know.

Hunter S. Thompson – Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies, for example.

John Ruskin

Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.

Yves Sait Laurent