“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.”
― Ports of Entry: William S. Burroughs and the Arts
― Ports of Entry: William S. Burroughs and the Arts
“For neither good nor evil can last for ever; and so it follows that as evil has lasted a long time, good must now be close at hand.”
― Don Quixote
― Don Quixote
“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.”
― Letters to Allen Ginsberg 1953-1957
― Letters to Allen Ginsberg 1953-1957
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