I am getting so far out one day I won't come back at all.

Quote by William S Burroughs

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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...

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

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

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.

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

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

Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in...

Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in...

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...

I had not taken a bath in a year nor changed my clothes or removed...

I had not taken a bath in a year nor changed my clothes or removed...

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

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

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

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...

The only possible ethic is to do what one wants to do.

The only possible ethic is to do what one wants to do.

Language is a virus from outer space.

Language is a virus from outer space.

A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on.

A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on.

How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

A functioning police state needs no police.

A functioning police state needs no police.

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

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

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,...

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

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...

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.