Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means.

We are never racist against somebody who is very far away. I don't know any racism against the Eskimos. To have a racist feeling, there must be an other who is slightly different from us - but is living close to us.

The French, the Italians, the Germans, the Spanish and the English have spent centuries killing each other.

There is only one thing that you write for yourself, and that is a shopping list.

The more elusive and ambiguous a symbol is, the more it gains significance and power.

Once upon a time there were mass media, and they were wicked, of course, and there was a guilty party. Then there were the virtuous voices that accused the criminals. And Art (ah, what luck!) offered alternatives, for those who were not prisoners to the mass media.

A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams.