in Paris, it's good to smell like you've been fucking--it will make them respect you.

The Ritz had peaked about a year before and now it was on the decline, but so was I.

Ich habe schon mit dem Vermietern der Pferden gesprochen, wir haben eine Wahl von funf oder sechs verschiedene Farben (von Pferden), und es ist billig, billiger als ein Kost dafuer. Und es ist auch moeglich diese farbige seidene Dinge auch zu haben, die was die Pferde in der Rennbahn haben, wenn es gewuencht wurde. <<

you know, sagte sie, you can use your head as a third hand.

(und das gilt nicht nur für das anbringen von schränken)

komm her, ich schalte dich frei.

Inside the museums, Infinity goes up on trial Voices echo this is what salvation must be like after a while

I, too, may be “just too old to get it,” but I think Rob Walker gave today’s hipster youth too much credit in his interesting article (July 30). I think what he describes is a new breed of entrepreneur rather than a new artistic or social movement. I’d argue that wearing a Hundreds or Barking Irons T-shirt is no more revolutionary than wearing a Ralph Lauren polo emblem or a Lacoste alligator — it merely announces membership in a smaller, perhaps cooler, clique. What are these new brands trying to change but where we buy and how much we pay for T-shirts? Offering a fashion alternative to kids looking to express their individuality is not art; it’s just good business.

You fucked around on him, you fucked with his ego, and you fucked with his emotions. Now have the decency to fuck off.