I'd never just want to do what everybody else did. I'd be contributing to the sameness of everything.

- Don Van Vliet

I don't like getting out when I could be painting. And when I'm painting, I don't want anybody else around.

- Don Van Vliet

It's not worth getting into the bullshit to see what the bull ate.

- Don Van Vliet

I don't want to sell my music. I'd like to give it away because where I got it, you didn't have to pay for it.

- Don Van Vliet

Be kind, man - don't be mankind.

- Don Van Vliet

A carrot is as close as a rabbit gets to a diamond.

- Don Van Vliet

You can tell by the kindness of a dog how a human should be.

- Don Van Vliet

The largest living land mammal is the absent mind.

- Don Van Vliet

Art is rearranging and grouping mistakes.

- Don Van Vliet