Lucidity, I maintain, is almost always desirable..

All creative effort - including the making of an omelet - is preceded by destruction..

In a sense, every human construction, whether mental or material, is a component in a landscape of fear because it exists in constant chaos. Thus chi….

I feel a reassuring oneness with other people when I find that even my most intimate, anguished, socially inadmissible emotions and desires are known….

It is by thoughtful reflection that the elusive moments of the past draw near to us in present reality and gain a measure of permanence..

Geography is the study of earth as the home of people.

A great city may be seen as the construction of words as well as stone..

Animals are like humans, only more openly carnal and sexual, more openly and therefore more disarmingly absurd..

Place is security, space is freedom..

A spontaneous act of generosity, performed with unselfish grace is an example of moral beauty, as are certain acts of courage; genuine modesty is a p….