Michael Eck

“Because, like many things humans enjoy, it frees them from their bodies. Other examples are blankets and robes. People are forever yammering about some great robe they encountered in a hotel.”
― Marie-Helene Bertino, Beautyland

“Her cheeks warm as if she has attended a party where her dress had been a hit.”
― Marie-Helene Bertino, Beautyland

“Human beings design irrigation systems that carry water billions of miles but cannot invent an ironing board that opens without sounding like a metal seizure.”
― Marie-Helene Bertino, Beautyland

“There was always an unattainable aspect to my work, which they must have known, otherwise they would have sent someone less sensitive. There is no way of succeeding or failing that the word human doesn’t allow.”
― Marie-Helene Bertino, Beautyland