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Questions about form seem as hopelessly inadequate as questions about content.


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Cultural confinement takes place when a curator imposes his own limits on an art exhibition, rather than asking an artist to set his limits.

Cultural confinement takes place when a curator imposes his own limits on an art exhibition, rather than asking an artist to set his limits.



A vacant white room with lights is still a submission to the neutral. Works of art seen in such spaces seem to be going through a kind of esthetic convalescence.

A vacant white room with lights is still a submission to the neutral. Works of art seen in such spaces seem to be going through a kind of esthetic convalescence.



Instead of causing us to remember the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem to cause us to forget the future

Instead of causing us to remember the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem to cause us to forget the future



Art history is less explosive than the rest of history, so it sinks faster into the pulverized regions of time.

Art history is less explosive than the rest of history, so it sinks faster into the pulverized regions of time.



Museums are tombs, and it looks like everything is turning into a museum.

Museums are tombs, and it looks like everything is turning into a museum.



A work of art when placed in a gallery loses its charge, and becomes a portable object or surface disengaged from the outside world.

A work of art when placed in a gallery loses its charge, and becomes a portable object or surface disengaged from the outside world.



Artists themselves are not confined, but their output is.

Artists themselves are not confined, but their output is.



Banal words function as a feeble phenomena that fall into their own mental bogs of meaning.

Banal words function as a feeble phenomena that fall into their own mental bogs of meaning.



Nature does not proceed in a straight line, it is rather a sprawling development.

Nature does not proceed in a straight line, it is rather a sprawling development.



Establish enigmas, not explanations.

Establish enigmas, not explanations.





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Sometimes I think the one form of experience people are incapable of learning from is the political experience.



Do what is right and what is good." -- Bryeison to Alasdair before going to his death on the battlefield.

Do what is right and what is good." -- Bryeison to Alasdair before going to his death on the battlefield.



It was about a girl who helps an ugly old woman who turns out to be a good fairy in disguise. Inner values versus shallow appearances.

It was about a girl who helps an ugly old woman who turns out to be a good fairy in disguise. Inner values versus shallow appearances.



I credit NTI, truthfully, with everything as far as where my head is and what my goals are and dreams are. I would say it was probably one of the most influential moments of my life, being there.

I credit NTI, truthfully, with everything as far as where my head is and what my goals are and dreams are. I would say it was probably one of the most influential moments of my life, being there.



Furthermore, when citizens are all almost equal, it becomes difficult for them to defend their independence against the aggressions of power.

Furthermore, when citizens are all almost equal, it becomes difficult for them to defend their independence against the aggressions of power.



I have the capacity to express what I feel needs to be expressed. And I try to do what I believe in.

I have the capacity to express what I feel needs to be expressed. And I try to do what I believe in.



Hate wears you down and doesn’t hurt your enemy. It’s like taking poison and hoping your enemy will die.

Hate wears you down and doesn’t hurt your enemy. It’s like taking poison and hoping your enemy will die.



Many of us who have experienced psychedelics feel very much that they are sacred tools. They open spiritual awareness.

Many of us who have experienced psychedelics feel very much that they are sacred tools. They open spiritual awareness.



Any respectable artist has really given up on a label because the labels are still kidding themselves that the only way to go is to sign these big names like Lady Gaga and expect to make gazillions.

Any respectable artist has really given up on a label because the labels are still kidding themselves that the only way to go is to sign these big names like Lady Gaga and expect to make gazillions.



I'm too old to be farting around with stuff that isn't precisely what I want to do.

I'm too old to be farting around with stuff that isn't precisely what I want to do.




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