I’m definitely antiscientist because I feel that science represents a conspiracy to impose as the real and only universe, the universe of scientists themselves – they’re reality-addicts, they’ve got to have things so real so they can get their hands on it.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSHow long does it take man to realize that he cannot want what he wants? You have to live in hell to see heaven.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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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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There is no line between the ‘real world’ and ‘world of myth and symbol.’ Objects, sensations, hit with the impact of hallucination.
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There is no intensity of love or feeling that does not involve the risk of crippling hurt. It is a duty to take this risk, to love and feel without defense or reserve.
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He who has learned to do nothing with his whole mind and body will have everything done for him.
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Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.
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Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by observing it. And his hope for other people is that they will also make it exist by observing it. I call it ‘creative observation.’ Creative viewing.
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I’m creating an imaginary — it’s always imaginary — world in which I would like to live.
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By the flaws in the picture the truth will emerge.
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As soon as you know you are in prison, you have a possibility to escape.
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There couldn’t be a society of people who didn’t dream. They’d be dead in two weeks.
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Paranoia is just having the right information.
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If all pleasure is relief from tension, junk affords relief from the whole life process, in disconnecting the hypothalamus, which is the center of psychic energy and libido.
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Panic is the sudden realization that everything around you is alive.
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Language is a virus from outer space.
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Every word is autobiographical, and every word is fiction.
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