Simplicity is a kind of transparency in which subtle nuances can have outsize effects. When everything is visible and appears to be dumb, that’s when the details take on larger meanings.

Frank Lloyd Wright... his things were beautiful but not very functional.

The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.

Well, Marx is having a comeback. I hear him mentioned a lot in terms of the global financial situation and the general sense of injustice out there. A lot of economic experts in America refer to him without actually using the M word, but he's around.

People use irony as a defense mechanism.

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.