Out of the closets and into the museums, libraries, architectural monuments, concert halls, bookstores, recording studios and film studios of the world. Everything belongs to the inspired and dedicated thiefโฆ. Words, colors, light, sounds, stone, wood, bronze belong to the living artist. They belong to anyone who can use them. Loot the Louvre! A bas lโoriginalitรฉ, the sterile and assertive ego that imprisons us as it creates. Vive le vol-pure, shameless, total. We are not responsible. Steal anything in sight.
William S. BurroughsArtists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.
William S. BurroughsAny belief in Creators or Purpose is wishful thinking. And when you point out that perhaps ALL thinking is wishful, reactions of intense irritation give evidence that we are not dealing with logic but with faith.
William S. Burroughsin the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen
William S. Burroughs