Quotes
Authors
Thomas Ligotti

"While a modicum of consciousness may have had survivalist properties during an immemorial chapter of our evolution â€“ so one theory goes â€“ this faculty soon enough became a seditious agent working against us â€¦ we need to hamper our consciousness for all we are worth or it will impose upon us a too clear vision of what we do not want to see â€¦ Consciousness has forced us into the paradoxical position of striving to be unself-conscious of what we are â€“ hunks of spoiling flesh on disintegrating bones"

-- Thomas Ligotti

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“Time and time again does the pride of man influence his very own fall. While denying it, one gradually starts to believe that he is the authority, or that he possesses great moral dominion over others, yet it is spiritually unwarranted. By that point he loses steam; in result, he falsely begins trying to prove that unwarranted dominion by seizing the role of a condemner.”
“Last year people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven billion just by being around those people.”
“Silver, gold - I don't discriminate! I like sparkly things.”
“One reason for making and exhibiting a work is to induce a reaction or change in the viewer.... In this sense, the work as such is nonexistent except when it functions as a medium of change between the artist and viewer.”

Source : Adrian Piper (1974). “Talking to Myself: The Ongoing Autobiography of an Art Object”
“Depression is a serious problem, but drugs are not the answer. In the long run, psychotherapy is both cheaper and more effective, even for very serious levels of depression. Physical exercise and self-help books based on CBT can also be useful, either alone or in combination with therapy. Reducing social and economic inequality would also reduce the incidence of depression.”
“Almost any seat was comfortable at one-sixth of a gravity.”
“The enemy is a very good teacher.”
“The growth of one blesses all. I am commited to grow in love. All that I touch, I leave in love. I move through this world consciously and creatively.”

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