William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs85 quotes“The first and most important thing an individual can do is to become an individual again, decontrol himself, train himself as to what is going on and win back as much independent ground for himself as possible”
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There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs People have nothing to say, but they are afraid of saying nothing, so what they do say comes out flat and vapid and meaningless. The shadow of death is on every face.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs Life is a vacation from two eternities.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of time, and you can’t see it if you refuse to face the possibility.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs 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. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs 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.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs By the flaws in the picture the truth will emerge.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs Open your mind and let the pictures out
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs Love? What is it? Most natural painkiller what there is.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can’t mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs In the U.S., you have to be a deviant or die of boredom.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs How long does it take man to realize that he cannot want what he wants? You have to live in hell to see heaven.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs Be just and if you can’t be just, be arbitrary.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs When you stop growing you start dying.
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