As Hegel put it, only when it is dark does the owl of Minerva begin its flight. Only in extinction is the collector comprehend.

To perceive the aura of an object we look at means to invest it with the ability to look at us in return.

Marx says that revolutions are the locomotives of world history. But the situation may be quite different. Perhaps revolutions are not the train ride, but the human race grabbing for the emergency brake.

I came into the world under the sign of Saturn -- the star of the slowest revolution, the planet of detours and delays.

To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.

Our image of happiness is indissolubly bound up with the image of the past.

Every monument of civilization is a monument of barbarism