The law of the innermost form of the essay is heresy

The individual mirrors in his individuation the preordained social laws of exploitation, however mediated.

There's not much need for prophets who are in synch with their society.

It would be advisable to think of progress in the crudest, most basic terms: that no one should go hungry anymore, that there should be no more torture, no more Auschwitz. Only then will the idea of progress be free from lies.

Quality is decided by the depth at which the work incorporates the alternatives within itself, and so masters them.

The first and only principle of sexual ethics: the accuser is always in the wrong.

Art as a whole is a riddle. Another way of putting this is to say that art expresses something while at the same time hiding it.