We should burn all libraries and allow to remain only that which everyone knows by heart. A beautiful age of the legend would then begin.

The symbolic view of things is a consequence of long absorption in images. Is sign language the real language of Paradise?

I don't want words that other people have invented. All the words are other people's inventions. I want my own stuff, my own rhythm, and vowels and consonants too, matching the rhythm and all my own.

What is generally termed reality is, to be precise, a frothy nothing.

Everywhere, the ethical predicament of our time imposes itself with an urgency which suggests that even the question Have we anything to eat? will be answered not in material but in ethical terms.

No such thing as humanity without flaws.

It's inspiration that counts, not the drill.

Why can't a tree be called Pluplusch?

Every word that is spoken and sung here (the Cabaret Voltaire) represents at least this one thing: that this humiliating age has not succeeded in winning our respect.

Dear Elizabeth, you cannot know how much joy you bring to my heart...

Every time I write a song it feels like it could be the last one I do, or it always feels like a fluke.

Addiction is when you can't get enough of what you don't want any more.

View a stumbling block as a learning opportunity. If you allow it to defeat you, it will. Honestly, if I give everything I have, I can't be disappointed with the outcome.

Living in the spiritual world is very easy, once you grow accustomed to it. But initially, it puts you through some changes.

If it came down to that, I'd protect you in a heartbeat.

How many things... are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?

I've always thought that one of the the great thing about physics is that you can add more digits to any number and see what happens and nobody can stop you.

One of the very nice things about investing in the stock market is that you learn about all different aspects of the economy. It's your window into a very large world.

A child needs encouragement like a plant needs water.