I'm the classic example of alienation: I grew up in a middle-class household without art or books. I was going to be a chemical engineer until I went to the theatre for the first time at 16 and was blown away by it.
I have a longstanding fascination with visual art. I do, in fact, draw as well, as I did in 'The Summer without Men.' I also write essays about visual art.
The system is the work of art; the visual work of art is the proof of the System. The visual aspect can't be understood without understanding the system. It isn't what it looks like but what it is that is of basic importance.
I'm enamored with the art world. Anytime you look at anything that's considered artistic, there's a commercial world around it: the ballet, opera, any kind of music. It can't exist without it.
My mother and father had a terrible marriage. They celebrated their wedding anniversary one year with their friends. Why did they celebrate? Maybe because they had lasted so many years without killing each other.
This is what it means to live on. When granted hope, a person uses it as fuel, as a guidepost to life. It is impossible to live without hope.
Hundreds of butterflies flitted in and out of sight like short-lived punctuation marks in a stream of consciousness without beginning or end.
A disobedient child is one who blinks of his own volition, without being told to or even looked at. That’s usually when I get out the Behavior Cloth (a blindfold).
Helping others without anticipating or expecting others to help you in return, that is the path to spiritual prosperity.
In a victory speech, I like to thank the opposition, because without their help, I couldn’t have won.
One of the greatest lesson is humility. Humility is like oxygen to the soul. You won’t get too far without it!
A pretty building I'm making, without either bricks or timber. I'm up i' the garret a'ready, and haven't so much as dug the foundation.
You won't know the meaning of success without knowing how it feels to fail.
Sex is an act of pleasure and an expression of love. How better to communicate one’s deepest feelings than without the clumsy use of words? — André Chevalier
Most of us aren't equipped to handle miracles, man. I'm not sure that I am, not without being seriously stoned.
Progress without the reasoned freedom to think and act is regression to slavery.
A writer has no use for the clock. A writer lives in an infinity of days, time without end, ploughed under.
To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces.
That is the eternal folly of man. To be chasing after the sweet flesh, without realizing that it is simply a pretty cover for the bones.
That these people are wandering around, looking for aliens to justify the emptiness inside them and let them feel special without effort, creeps me out.
The woman of her dreams went into her arms without shame or awkwardness as the boldness of Love overcame them both.
