Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.

The difference between a gun and a tree is a difference of tempo. The tree explodes every spring.

And the days are not full enough And the nights are not full enough And life slips by like a field mouse Not shaking the grass

If a patron buys from an artist who needs money (needs money to buy tools, time, food), the patron then makes himself equal to the artist; he is building art into the world; he creates.

If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good.

Don't be blinded by the theorists and a lying press.

Either move or be moved.