Who wants a world in which the guarantee that we shall not die of starvation entails the risk of dying of boredom?

We can escape the commonplace only by manipulating it, controlling it, thrusting it into our dreams or surrendering it to the free play of our subjectivity.

The history of our times calls to mind those Walt Disney characters who rush madly over the edge of a cliff without seeing it, so that the power of their imagination keeps them suspended in mid-air; but as soon as they look down and see where they are, they fall.

As poverty has been reduced in terms of mere survival, it has become more profound in terms of our way of life.

There are more truths in twenty-four hours of a man's life than in all the philosophies.

It is entirely up to us to invent our own lives.

To be rich nowadays merely means to possess a large number of poor objects.