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.

The hardest hit, as everywhere, are those who have no choice.

One must have tradition in oneself, to hate it properly.

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

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

The task of art today is to bring chaos into order.

No harm comes to man from outside alone: dumbness is the objective spirit.