To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.

Before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we've learned as we've moved toward that dream. That's the point at which most people give up. It's the point at which, as we say in the language of the desert, one 'dies of thirst just when the palm trees have appeared on the horizon.'

写作是一种信仰的行为——对语言、对读者、对故事本身的信仰。

The most important skill for a computer scientist is problem-solving.

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."

The documenta must always surprise, always provoke.