Pranks, Punk and Industrial Culture from V. Vale

() “I believe in the non-existence of the past, in the death of the future, and the infinite possibilities of the present.” — J.G. Ballard, “What I Believe”

() “I believe in the impossibility of existence, in the humor of mountains, in the absurdity of electromagnetism, in the farce of geometry, in the cruelty of arithmetic, in the murderous intent of logic.” — J.G. Ballard , ibid

() “I believe in anxiety, psychosis and despair.” — J.G. Ballard, ibid

() “A pointless death makes the rest of life seem a complete mystery.” — paraphrase of J.G. Ballard, Super-Cannes

() “I try to write about 1,000 words a day in longhand and then edit it very carefully later before I type it out. I have been known to stop in the middle of a sentence sometimes when I’ve reached my limit. But self-discipline is enormously important — you can’t rely on inspiration or a novel would take ten years!” — J.G. Ballard, “How I Write”

() “I tend to write about one novel every three years. When I finish one I have a fallow period where I just jot down ideas, write short stories, and think — that could take a year.” — J.G. Ballard, ibid

() “The past is just one huge illusion.” — V. Vale paraphrasing J.G. Ballard, ibid

() “WE ARE ALL A WORK IN PROGRESS. We’re verbs, not nouns. We are not “is.” We “make” music, we are not “musicians.” — V. Vale
() “A high intelligence has a larger span or field; it knows more about the past and looks further into the future.” — Korzybski, Science and Sanity
() “All history shows…that the majority appears ‘always wrong,’ and that all that we call ‘progress,’ ‘civilization,’ ‘science,’ has been achieved by a very small minority. Such an understanding should guide our future conduct if we desire better results than we have at present.” — Korzybski, ibid
() As our lives are lived entirely on the unspeakable level… actions, functions, processes, performances, feelings, emotions — this level is obviously first in importance, and the VERBAL LEVEL, which is only AUXILIARY, comes next in importance.” — ibid
() Description comes first, inferences next. — Korzybski, Science and Sanity
() Suppressing or repressing our feelings is dangerous, and should be avoided. — Korzybski, ibid

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