One very important aspect of art is that it makes people aware of what they know and don’t know they know... Once the breakthrough is made, there is a permanent expansion of awareness. But there is always a reaction of rage, of outrage, at the first breakthrough... So the artist, then, expands awareness. And once the breakthrough is made, this becomes part of the general awareness.

The people in power will not disappear voluntarily, giving flowers to the cops just isn't going to work. This thinking is fostered by the establishment; they like nothing better than love and nonviolence. The only way I like to see cops given flowers is in a flower pot from a high window.

Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.

Humility is indeed beatness, a compulsory virtue that no one exhibits unless he has to.

There isn't a feeling you can get on drugs that you can't get without drugs.

Language is a virus from outer space.

Faced by the actual practice of freedom, the French and American revolutions would be forced to stand by their words.