"Culture is a plot against the expansion of consciousness."

-- Terence McKenna

#Plot Quotes #Culture Quotes #Expansion Quotes

“In the law, rights are islands of empowerment. . . . Rights contain images of power, and manipulating those images, either visually or linguistically, is central in the making and maintenance of rights. In principle, therefore, the more dizzyingly diverse the images that are propagated, the more empowered we will be as a society.”
“Pouring out ideas is better for creativity than doling them out by the teaspoon.”
“Democracy doesn't recognize east or west; democracy is simply people's will. Therefore, I do not acknowledge that there are various models of democracy; there is just democracy itself.”
“There was a lot of stuff happening in Havana that was being heard and appreciated by New Orleans musicians because of this situation. And vice versa.”
“Well, you could take several stories off the buildings of most U.S. government agencies and we'd all probably be better for it too.”
“I'm European, small, dainty - but I actually consider myself more of a tomboy.”
“In figure painting, the type of all painting, I have endeavoured to set forth that the principal if not sole source of life enchantments are Tactile Values, Movement and Space Composition.”
“We should not measure our space-faring era by where footprints have been laid.... We should measure our era by how many people take no notice at all. A legacy rises to become culture only when its elements are so common that they no longer attract comment.”

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