John Bregenzer

“We live in a nation of pigs and murderers.”
― James Baldwin, If Beale Street Could Talk

“The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where only one grew before.”
― Thorstein Veblen

“He draws asparagus and cabbages, but he's obsessed with artichokes. He draws them more than any other vegetable. Why artichokes?"
George drained his glass. "The artichoke is a sexy beast. Thorns to cut you, leaves to peel, lighter and lighter as you strip away the outer layers, until you reach the soft heart's core.”
― Allegra Goodman, The Cookbook Collector

“Nowadays silence is looked on as odd and most of my race has forgotten the beauty of meaning much by saying little. Now tongues work all day by themselves with no help from the mind.”
― Toni Morrison, Love