What is surprising is not that oppression should make its appearance only after higher forms of economy have been reached, but that it should always accompany them.
Simone WeilThere is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.
Simone WeilIt is precisely those artists and writers who are most inclined to think of their art as the manifestation of their personality who are in fact the most in bondage to public taste.
Simone Weil