Love is the problem of an animal.

War is a sociological safety valve that cleverly diverts popular hatred for the ruling classes into a happy occasion to mutilate or kill foreign enemies.

People create the reality they need in order to discover themselves

The artist takes in the world, but instead of being oppressed by it, he reworks it in his own personality and recreates it in the work of art.

We might say that both the artist and theneurotic bite off more than they can chew, but the artist spews it back out again and chews it over in an objectified way, as an ex­ternal, active, work project.

Each society is a hero system which promises victory over evil and death.

Horror alone brings peace of mind.