Visual art and writing don't exist on an aesthetic hierarchy that positions one above the other, because each is capable of things the other can't do at all. Sometimes one picture is equal to 30 pages of discourse, just as there are things images are completely incapable of communicating.

I see no reason why the artistic world can't absolutely merge with Madison Avenue. Pop art is a move in that direction. Why can't we have advertisements with beautiful words and beautiful images?

Language is a virus from outer space.

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.

Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.

You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

The way to kill a man or a nation is to cut off his dreams, the way the whites are taking care of the Indians: killing their dreams, their magic, their familiar spirits.

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.

The purpose of technology is not to confuse the brain but to serve the body.

Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative.

No body of knowledge needs an organizational policy. Organizational policy can only impede the advancement of knowledge. There is a basic incompatibility between any organization and freedom of thought.

Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole.

Thinking is not enough. There is no final enough of wisdom, experience - any... thing.

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

Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself. Of course he wants care and shelter. You don't buy love for nothing.

Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'

In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas, a cosmonaut of inner space, and I see no point in exploring areas that have already been thoroughly surveyed.