Through it [literature] we know the past, govern the present, and influence the future.
We are blind to the worlds within us, waiting to be born.
To change man, the audience by which he judges himself must be changed. A man is defined by his audience: by the people, institutions, authors, magazines, movie heroes, philosophers by whom he pictures himself being cheered and booed. Major psychological disturbances, 'identity crises', are caused when an individual begins to change the audience for whom he plays: from parents to peers; from peers to the works of Albert Camus; from the Bible to Hugh Hefner.
Life is islands of ecstasy in an ocean of ennui, and after the age of thirty land is seldom seen.
I hated myself and the world because I had failed to face and accept the limitations of my self and of life. In literature this refusal is called romanticism; in psychology, neurosis.
Men must attempt to develop in themselves and their children liberation from the sense of self. Men must be free from boundaries, patterns and consistencies in order to be free to think, feel and create in new ways.
Why did children seem to be so often spontaneous, joy-filled and concentrated while adults seemed controlled, anxiety-filled and diffused? It was the Goddam sense of having a self.
Divine nature gave us fields, human skill built our cities. -Divina natura dedit agros, ars humana aedificavit urbes
As soon as I set foot in the parliamentary Sinai, I ceased to be in touch with the masses.
Before my sister, Sara, and I went to bed at night, my mom would show us books on Manet and other artists. Even then I was always really interested in how the women looked in the images.
To heal your body, you must first heal your spirit.