Bad critics judge a work of art by comparing it to pre-existing theories. They always go wrong when confronted with a masterpiece because masterpieces make their own rules.

The function of law and theology are the same: to keep the poor from taking back by violence what the rich have stolen by cunning.

The fear of death is the beginning of slavery.

You should view the world as a conspiracy run by a very closely-knit group of nearly omnipotent people, and you should think of those people as yourself and your friends.

You are precisely as big as what you love and precisely as small as what you allow to annoy you.

In conlusion, there is no conclusion. Things will go on as they always have, getting weirder all the time.

The rapists of the intellectual world become politicians; the seducers become artists.

Philadelphia merely seems dull because it's next to exciting Camden, New Jersey.

Of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong.

History, sociology, economics, psychology et al. confirmed Joyce's view of Everyman as victim.

My own opinion is that belief is the death of intelligence. As soon as one believes a doctrine of any sort, or assumes certitude, one stops thinking about that aspect of existence.

One of the great joys of science has to be turning a thought that surfaced one night over a few beers into a full-blown project.

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Write bylaws in a simple language—no one needs an advanced degree to understand them.

I was always willing to say, "Let's see what happens," when something came up that looked like it might help me get a little closer to where I wanted to be . . .

If I could take my entire savings in place of something, I’d chose time.

There is no virtue in poverty.

Literature got me into this mess and literature is going to have to get me out of it.

Art doesn't feed me or fill the void when I am not working. If I haven't worked for six months, I can't paint.

Whether it's a designer or a musician, I think the most important thing for people who express things are to be unique. There should be something unique only to them.

Greece, sound, thy Homer's, Rome thy Virgil's name, But England's Milton equals both in fame.