I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself. We needn't destroy other cultures with the force of our own.

It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over.

Tahiti has been spoiled for many years, but Bali is one of the few cultures with origins in one of the great ancient cultures which is still alive.

Only when inspired to go beyond consciousness by some extraordinary insight does beauty manifest unexpectedly.

The delusion of entertainment is devoid of meaning. It may amuse us for a bit, but after the initial hit we are left with the dark feeling of desolation.

Our engineering departments build freeways which destroy a city or a landscape, in the process.

Ancient Rome was as confident of the immutability of its world and the continual expansion and improvement of the human lot as we are today.