The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at his word, to see in his work a fulfillment instead of an horizon. – Henry Miller
Topographically the country is magnificent — and terrifying. Why terrifying? Because nowhere else in the world is the divorce between man and nature so complete. Nowhere have I encountered such a dull, monotonous fabric of life as here in America. Here boredom reaches its peak. – Henry Miller