... Their power to see environments as they really are.

We have to find the environments in which it will be possible to live with our new inventions.

The poet, the artist, the sleuth, whoever sharpens our perception tends to antisocial; rarely 'well adjusted,' he cannot go along with currents and trends.

Most clear writing is a sign that there is no exploration going on. Clear prose indicates the absence of thought.

When things come at you very fast, naturally you lose touch with yourself.

You can be a French Canadian or an English Canadian, but not a Canadian. We know how to live without an identity, and this is one of our marvellous resources.

Computers can do better than ever what needn't be done at all. Making sense is still a human monopoly.