"Nothing exists except through language."

"It is one of the primary motives of modern art that it wants to abolish the distance which the viewer, the consumer, the audience maintain vis-a-vis a work of art."

"The more language is a living operation, the less we are aware of it. Thus it follows from the self-forgetfulness of language that its real being consists in what is said in it."

"It was clear to me that the forms of consciousness of our inherited and acquired historical education - aesthetic consciousness and historical consciousness - presented alienated forms of our true historical being."

"Everything that ever happened is still happening. Past, present and future keep happening in the eternity which is Here and Now."

"Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future."

"It is a historical error for those who were not there to just refer to August 28th as 'I Have a Dream' speech day. That is a real disservice to those who were there. It was a sad day. It was not a celebration environment."

"We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future."