William S. Burroughs Quotes

“I am trying like Klee, to create something that will have a life of its own, that can put me in real danger, a danger which I willingly take on myself.”

“Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible.”

“When looking at any significant work of art, remember that a more significant one probably has had to be sacrificed.”

“Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see.”

“Beauty is as relative as light and dark. Thus, there exists no beautiful woman, none at all, because you are never certain that a still far more beautiful woman will not appear and completely shame the supposed beauty of the first.”

“Children also have artistic ability, and there is wisdom in there having it! The more helpless they are, the more instructive are the examples they furnish us; and they must be preserved free of corruption from an early age.”

“Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist be truly taciturn.”

“The more horrifying this world becomes the more art becomes abstract.”

“Art does not reproduce the visible rather it makes it visible.”

“Art does not reproduce the visible rather it makes it visible.”