Quotes From "The Sixteen Pleasures" By Robert Hellenga

Death was a lens that would reveal things as they...
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Death was a lens that would reveal things as they really were: what was important would assume its true importance what was unimportant would recede into the shadows. Robert Hellenga
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He doesn't believe in talking too much about art, especially while you're looking at it. The pressure to appreciate is the great enemy of actual enjoyment. Most people don't know what they like because they feel obligated to like so many different things. They feel they're supposed to be overwhelmed, so instead of looking, they spend their time thinking up something to say, something intelligent, or at least clever. . Robert Hellenga