“Freedom is an absolute state, there is no such thing as being half-free.”

“The three golden things to do in life is very simple. Live, Life, Learn. Find the fourth L and your life is perfect.”

“stupid americastupid america, see thatchicanowith a big knifeon his steady handhe doesn’t want to knife youhe wants to sit on a benchand carve christfiguresbut you won’t let him.stupid america, hear thatchicanoshouting curses on the streethe is a poetwithout paper and penciland since he cannot writehe will explode.stupid america, rememberthat chicanoflunking math and englishhe is the picassoof your western statesbut he will diewith one thousandmasterpieceshanging only from his mind.”

“Doomsday, when it came, wouldn't be a physical phenomenon; it would be an all-inclusive erasure of simulectronic circuits.”

“How do we know that even the realest of realities wouldn't be subjective, in the final analysis? Nobody can prove his existence, can he?”

“People think I am being modest when I tell them I know absolutely nothing about art. But if they show me a piece of student work, I won't have the slightest idea whether it's art or even "good". What I do know is whether such things hang or stand in the houses of the rich - or in the museums where the rich allow their treasures to be seen. And when people understand this, they'll instantly agree with what I said in the first place, that I know absolutely nothing about art.”

“Stop saying no offense,” I said, “when you say offensive things. It’s not a free pass.”