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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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Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.
There are no innocent bystanders ... what are they doing there in the first place?
How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.
I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. My affections, being concentrated over a few people, are not spread all over Hell in a vile attempt to placate sulky, worthless shits.
Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.
Life is a vacation from two eternities, who wants to waste those precious years worrying about what happens when you get back to forever?
A consumer society is about simplfying and degrading the consumer as well as the product.
I am getting so far out one day I won't come back at all.
Whether you like it or not, you are committed to the human endeavor. I cannot ally myself with such a purely negative goal as avoidance of suffering. Suffering is a chance you take by the fact of being alive.
We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse
