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.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSThere are no innocent bystanders, What are they doing there in the first place?
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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Language is a virus from outer space.
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Political conflicts are merely surface manifestations. If conflicts arise you may be sure that certain powers intend to keep this conflict under operation since they hope to profit from the situation.
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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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After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it. I sure as hell wouldn’t want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.
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Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.
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As soon as you know you are in prison, you have a possibility to escape.
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The nonconformist here may be “beat down” by life but still has a beauty in his or her longing for freedom and for an awakening of the mind.
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After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say ‘I want to see the manager.’
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Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.
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If, after spending time with a person, you feel as though you’ve lost a quart of plasma, avoid that person in the future.
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We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse.
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There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.
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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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Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.
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In the U.S., you have to be a deviant or die of boredom.
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