Q: Where does life begin?
A: Life begins on the other side of despair.
Q: Is the artist's job to succumb to despair?
A: The artist's job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence.
Q: What makes the vastness bearable?
A: For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
Q: How does the universe seem?
A: The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
Q: How do I know if I'm beginning to understand?
A: A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.
A: Life begins on the other side of despair.
Q: Is the artist's job to succumb to despair?
A: The artist's job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence.
Q: What makes the vastness bearable?
A: For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
Q: How does the universe seem?
A: The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
Q: How do I know if I'm beginning to understand?
A: A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.