Wilson Harris

"The flute sings of an ancient riverbead one hundred fathoms deep, far below the Potaro River that runs to the Waterfall. Two rivers then. The visible Potaro runs to the Waterfall. The invisible stream…"

"There is no economic solution to the ills of the world until the arts of originality open the partialities and biases of tradition in ways that address the very core of our pre-possessions."

"In America today there are many “colored” people who are designated “black” or “African.” Whereas they are mixed with the West—with the so-called whites who represent the West—in blood and spirit. Thi…"

"Cross-culturality differs radically from multiculturality. There is no creative and re-creative sharing of dimensions in multiculturality."

"The arts have to be pursued irrespective of what people think."

"“Quantum” brings a hand in fiction that challenges all conventional fixtures of control within the psyche of art."

"Once cannot tame the voices of the flute, voices of such uncanny lightness yet miracle of being that they are able to tilt the two rivers, the visible and the invisible rivers, into diagrammatic disco…"

"My writing is quantum writing. Do you know of the quantum bullet? The quantum bullet, when it's fired, leaves not one hole but two. That's how my writing is."