The first person who really showed me the ugly spirit was Brion Gysin. "The ugly spirit shot Joan because . . ." and I never found out why. This Brion wrote out on a piece of paper in a sort of trance state.

Ultimately Warhol's private moral reference was to the supreme kitsch of the Catholic church.

Everything is holy! everybody's holy! everywhere is holy! everyday is in eternity! Everyman's an angel!

The closet door is open for me, where I left it, since I left it open, it has graciously stayed open.

I learned a world from each / one whom I loved

Who can live with this Consciousness and not wake frightened at sunrise?

The censorship of language is the censorship of consciousness.