One very important aspect of art is that it makes people aware of what they know and don’t know they know... Once the breakthrough is made, there is a permanent expansion of awareness. But there is always a reaction of rage, of outrage, at the first breakthrough... So the artist, then, expands awareness. And once the breakthrough is made, this becomes part of the general awareness.

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Do not proffer sympathy to the mentally ill; it is a bottomless pit. Tell them firmly, "I am not paid to listen to this drivel - you are a terminal fool!" Otherwise, they make you as crazy as they are.

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How long does it take man to realize that he cannot want what he wants? You have to live in hell to see heaven.

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You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.

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We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse

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The simplest questions are the most difficult.

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There are no innocent bystanders ... what are they doing there in the first place?

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If you weren't surprised by your life you wouldn't be alive. Life is surprise.

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Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.

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in the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen

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