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I don’t have any politics. I feel that as soon as politics arises, things are already in a hopeless state of deterioration.

William S. Burroughs

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. BURROUGHS

Feeling Hands Myself Reality Representation Science Universe
When you cut into the present the future leaks out.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Future Leak Present Yourself
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. BURROUGHS

Artist Creativity Existence Hope Myself Observation People View
Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Control Image Machine
There’s no place for impractical dreamers around here.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Dreams Place Practice
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.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Alive Avoid Commitment Fact Goal Human Myself Negative Suffering
In the U.S., you have to be a deviant or die of boredom.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Boredom Country Die
Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Artist Change Fact Mindset Myself Politics
Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Black Effective Magic Operate
What a horrible loutish planet this is. the dominant species consists of sadistic morons, faces bearing the hideous lineaments of spiritual famine swollen with stupid hate. Hopeless rubbish.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Dominant Face Hate Hide Hope Horrible Planet Spiritual Stupidity
There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Business Mindset Yourself
Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Defeat Hustle Level Mark Yourself
(1) Never give anything away for nothing. (2) Never give more than you have to give (always catch the buyer hungry and always make him wait). (3) Always take everything back if you possibly can.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Amount Business Mindset Rule Yourself
You can’t fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Fake Food Goodness Meal Quality Yourself
How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Comfortable Dedication Hate Production
He who has learned to do nothing with his whole mind and body will have everything done for him.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Body Himself Learning Mindset Work

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