Only he who can view his own past as an abortion sprung from compulsion and need can use it to full advantage in the present.

The concept of progress must be grounded in the idea of catastrophe. That things are 'status quo' is the catastrophe

The more circumspectly you delay writing down an idea, the more maturely developed it will be on surrendering itself.

Art teaches us to see into things. Folk art and kitsch allow us to see outward from within things.

Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away.

If sleep is the apogee of physical relaxation, boredom is the apogee of mental relaxation. Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience.

Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom.