Mason Cooley Quotes
Music dissolves the straight and narrow.
Topics
Freedom, Liberty
Harmony
Nonconformity
Melody
Creative Expression
Catharsis
Rhythm
Artistic Interpretation
Artistic Liberation
Breaking Boundaries
Breaking Rules
Creative Freedom
Emotional Escape
Emotional Release
Emotional Resonance
Musical Expression
Musical Therapy
Social Constraints
Sonic Exploration
Unconventional Sounds
Citations
Cooley, Mason. The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations. Edited by Robert Andrews, Columbia University Press, 1993.
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Mason Cooley was an American aphorist known for his witty aphorisms. One of these such aphorisms Cooley developed was "The time I kill is killing me." He was professor emeritus of French, speech and world literature at the College of Staten Island. He was also an assistant professor of English at Columbia University from 1959 to 1967 and an adjunct professor from 1980 to 1988. He received his B.A. from San Diego State University and his Ph.D. from Oxford.