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"The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown."
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"Meaning is socially, historically, and rhetorically constructed."

"For the human experience, life in the natural world seems to require the application of meaning, in order to evoke purpose."

"I consider a poem to be a kind of experiment where a number of elements are brought together under test conditions to see how they will interact to create meaning or relevance."

"Everyone is in such a hurry. People haven't found meaning in their lives, so they're running all the time looking for it. They think the next car, the next house, the next job. Then they find those things are empty, too, and they keep running. Once you start running, it's hard to slow yourself down."

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"To be a surrealist means barring from your mind all remembrance of what you have seen, and being always on the lookout for what has never been."

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"The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown."
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