To concern yourself with surface political conflicts is to make the mistake of the bull in the ring, you are charging the cloth. That is what politics is for, to teach you the cloth. Just as the bullfighter teaches the bull, teaches him to follow, obey the cloth.

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I am getting so far out one day I won't come back at all.

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What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and sh*ts quantity.

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How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

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One very important aspect of art is that it makes people aware of what they know and don’t know they know... Once the breakthrough is made, there is a permanent expansion of awareness. But there is always a reaction of rage, of outrage, at the first breakthrough... So the artist, then, expands awareness. And once the breakthrough is made, this becomes part of the general awareness.

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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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Paranoia is just having the right information.

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If you weren't surprised by your life you wouldn't be alive. Life is surprise.

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A consumer society is about simplfying and degrading the consumer as well as the product.

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There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.

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