The Madonna Model Quotes

“Years later, she read that the media elites were threatening Cookie Monster with political crime. Cookie was crucified on the cross of obesity. The media wanted to replace him with Veggie Monster! How stupid was that. Real people make their own decisions. But by then she knew that television was worse than stupid. It existed to shape a mindless false reality that served its own purposes. Life has more tears than a sitcom has canned laughter. She knew that now. Jillian”
― T.L. Ashton, The Madonna Model

“She ended her talk, once again showing both the Bigelow Cassatt and the Raphael Granduca Madonna. “By transforming Helen, first into a mother and then into the Madonna model,” she concluded, “Cassatt captured the religious belief system of the Renaissance in an Impressionist context. Her work shows that the living bond between every mother and child is no less than Mary’s with the infant Jesus. Unconditional human love is holy.”
― T.L. Ashton, The Madonna Model

“They saw Schilling take it all in. But he had more to say and exploded. “Listen, to the money talk! I just want you to know that I wasn’t in it to prove I could paint. Sure I wanted the cash. But you know what it was really all about. I was sticking it to the collectors who are so puffed up they would die to get a masterpiece on the cheap. They’re begging to be deceived. They deserve what they get because they’re the biggest fakes of all. I may not be a culture hero. But they’re nothing more than pretentious snobs with terrible taste just begging to be cheated. I loved putting it to them.”
― T.L. Ashton, The Madonna Model