Samuel Johnson

 "All knowledge is of itself of some value. 

There is nothing so minute or inconsiderable that I 

would not rather know it than not."
Samuel Johnson

Robert Anton Wilson

"If you think you know what the hell is going on, 

you're probably full of shit."
Robert Anton Wilson

Andrei Tarkovsky

An artist never works under ideal conditions. If they existed, his work wouldn't exist, for the artist doesn't live in a vacuum. Some sort of pressure must exist. The artist exists because the world is not perfect. Art would be useless if the world were perfect, as man wouldn't look for harmony but would simply live in it. Art is born out of an ill-designed world.
Andrei Tarkovsky