Their task [creative artists], therefore, is to communicate directly from one inward world to another, in such a way that an actual shock of experience will have been rendered: not a mere statement for the information or persuasion of a brain, but an effective communication across the void of space and time from one center of consciousness to another.

Every people is a chosen people in its own mind. And it is rather amusing that their name for themselves usually means mankind.

The function of artists is "the mythologization of the world."

Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path.

I don’t think people are really seeking the meaning of Life. I think we’re seeking an experience of being alive…we want to feel the rapture of being alive

If you want to find out what it means to have a society without any rituals, read the New York Times.

When I was in India I met and conversed briefly with Shri Atmananda Guru of Trivandrum, and the question he gave me to ponder was this: 'Where are you between two thoughts?