Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.

Quote by William S Burroughs

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Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by...

Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by...

Junk is the ideal product... the ultimate merchandise. No sales talk necessary. The client will...

Junk is the ideal product... the ultimate merchandise. No sales talk necessary. The client will...

Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?

Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of...

The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of...

Language is a virus from outer space.

Language is a virus from outer space.

Our national drug is alcohol. We tend to regard the use any other drug with...

Our national drug is alcohol. We tend to regard the use any other drug with...

There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two...

There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two...

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.

Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

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

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

Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.

Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.

Be just and if you can't be just, be arbitrary.

Be just and if you can't be just, be arbitrary.

A cat's rage is beautiful, burning with pure cat flame, all its hair standing up...

A cat's rage is beautiful, burning with pure cat flame, all its hair standing up...

The way to kill a man or a nation is to cut off his dreams,...

The way to kill a man or a nation is to cut off his dreams,...

Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything...

Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything...

Whether you sniff it smoke it eat it or shove it up your ass the...

Whether you sniff it smoke it eat it or shove it up your ass the...

Drugs don't really fix anything, except for everything.

Drugs don't really fix anything, except for everything.

There are all kinds of addicts, I guess. We all have pain. And we all...

There are all kinds of addicts, I guess. We all have pain. And we all...