The viable jewels of life remain untouched when man forgets his vocation of searching for the truth of his existence.

Hell is for other people.

Several hours or several years make no difference once you have lost eternity.

This then is the age of reason.

You must be like me; you must suffer in rhythm.

I am. I am, I exist, I think, therefore I am; I am because I think, why do I think? I don't want to think any more, I am because I think that I don't want to be, I think that I . . . because . . . ugh!

There are photographers who push for war because they make stories. They search for a Chinese who has a more Chinese are than the others and they end up finding one. They have him take a typically Chinese pose and surround him with chinoiseries. What have they captured on their film? A Chinese? Definitely not: the idea of the Chinese.