During long periods of history, the mode of human sense perception changes with humanity’s entire mode of existence. The manner in which human sense perception is organized, the medium in which it is accomplished, is determined not only by nature but by historical circumstances as well

The illiterate of the future will not be the man who cannot read the alphabet, but the one who cannot take a photograph.

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

There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism.

Any order is a balancing act of extreme precariousness.

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

Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments.