Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by observing it. And his hope for other people is that they will also make it exist by observing it. I call it 'creative observation.' Creative viewing.

If the soft machine works, don't fix it. If it works, don't fix it.

Fear of death is form of stasis horrors. The dead weight of time.

What are Americans? We've got everything from sharecroppers to atomic physicist here, and there's certainly no uniformity in their thought processes. There's very little they have in common. In fact, Americans should we say, have less in common than any other nationality.

The idea that anyone can use drugs and escape a horrible fate is anathema to these idiots. I predict in the near future right-wingers will use drug hysteria as a pretext to set up an international police apparatus.

He who has learned to do nothing with his whole mind and body will have everything done for him.

The only way I like to see cops given flowers is in a flower pot from a high window.