In the absence of good scientific data about the effects of artificial hallucinogens it's good to stick to the natural ones.

What we call reality is in fact nothing more than a culturally sanctioned and linguistically reinforced hallucination.

You are a divine being. You matter, you count. You come from realms of unimaginable power and light, and you will return to those realms.

The bigger you build the bonfire, the more darkness is revealed.

If you don't have a plan, you become part of somebody else's plan.

As the bonfires of knowledge grow brighter, the more the darkness is revealed to our startled eyes.

The cost of sanity in this society, is a certain level of alienation

The problem is not to find the answer, it's to face the answer

I don't believe consciousness is generated in the brain any more than television programs are made inside my TV. The box is too small.

Nature is not mute, it is a man who is deaf.

Life lived in the absence of the psychedelic experience upon which primordial shamanism is based is life trivialized, life denied, life enslaved to the ego.

We can no longer let the threat of an early frost send a chill of fear throughout a large portion of our workforce. Diversification is the only answer.

A vision is not something we make up, it's something we are MADE OF.

Taste consists in the power of judging; genius in the power of executing.

When people know what you want, they will give it to you.

Cry Baby is just a character in this world that I'm trying to create, and the music videos are really important to me, and I've fought to obviously get all of them approved.

Painting is just a tool; it is nothing in itself. What counts is how you do it.

History is a matter of interpretation, but you have to start with certain facts.

If there were a god, there would be no need for religion. If there were not a god, there would be no need for religion.

No, I like being a role model because I know how much comfort my musical idols brought me.

I learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class.