“Sex doesn't sell anything other than itself”

“When we brand things, our brains perceive them as more special and valuable than they actually are.”

“90 percent of all Gillette shavers are bought by women for the men in their lives”

“The Matisse seemed to respond to the decreasing light by increasing its own wattage. Every object in the room was drained of color, but the Matisse stood firm in the de-escalating illumination, its beauty turning functionality inside out, making itself a more practical and useful presence than anything else in sight.”

“Dialogic is not to be identified with love. But love without dialogic, without real outgoing to the other, reaching to the other, the love remaining with itself - this is called Lucifer.”

“the fact that every people feel itself threatened by the others gives the state it's definite unifying powers; it depends upon the instinct of self-preservation of society itself; the latent external crisis enables it to get the upper hand in internal crises”

“Good form and technique is a means to an end - for example, your punches will be more powerful if done right - rather than the objective itself.”