“Modern art has to be what is called ‘intense.’ it is not easy to define being intense; but, roughly speaking, it means saying only one thing at a time, and saying it wrong.”

“As hatred is defined as intense dislike, what is wrong with inciting intense dislike of a religion, if the activities or teachings of that religion are so outrageous, irrational or abusive of human rights that they deserve to be intensely disliked?”

“The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. All art is quite useless.”

“Sorry, baby. Let's get out of here,” he says, speaking with the intense, strained tones of a man with an erection.”

“...In another time, What cannot be seen will define us, and we shall be prompted To say that language is error, and all things are wronged By representation. The self, we shall say, can never be Seen with a disguise, and never be seen without one.”

“Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.”