My art teacher in junior high was a very out gay man and a mentor to me. He would tell us about Greenwich Village and show us the 'Village Voice' and describe his life but it was all sort of subversive and below the radar.
The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.
Rules and models destroy genius and art.
Love turns with a little indulgence to indifference or disgust hatred alone...
To be happy we must be true to nature and carry our age along with us.