"The Romantic Poetics of George Oppen thesis on Of Being Numerous"

"When you try to generate ideas, think of yourself as a sales person knocking on a whole subdivision of doors. Some won't open at all, some will open a suspicious crack, and some will slam in your face…"

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you’ll be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no pr…"

"From the moment painting ceased to be religious it started to decay, so that now it has reached a childishness that borders on idiocy. People who admire it are even greater idiots than those who paint…"

"Aborigines engaging in exchanges in China should insist on being recognized as Aborigines, and not as Taiwanese minorities."