Burning Man Quotes

“People came to the desert because the stars were in the desert, and the stars had yet to be corrupted by man... The stars, it seemed, would crush man in a scenic, gravitational panorama before man would ever corrupt the stars.”
― Rick Moody, The Four Fingers of Death

“People who dress up in bizarre costumes have a savoir-vivre - not to mention the sort of personality disorder - that he admires.”
― Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow

“I've seen things you wouldn't believe, and I believe in things you can't see.”
― Brian Doherty, This Is Burning Man: The Rise of a New American Underground

“On this particular expedition, we shall travel to a vast desolate, white expanse stretching onward to the horizon in all directions... A place where you could gain nothing or lose everything and no one would ever know. A place well-beyond that which you think you understand.”
― Brian Doherty, This Is Burning Man: The Rise of a New American Underground

“If you don't think the tech and marketing worlds have less than six degrees of separation from the San Francisco art underground, then you've never seen them camp together at Burning Man. Sometimes they resent and loathe each other, but they still go to some of the same sex parties.”
― Caveat Magister, Turn Your Life Into Art: Lessons in Psychomagic from the San Francisco Underground

“Die Sonne war bereits vor einiger Zeit hinter der Gebirgskette untergegangen, und rund um die Bergspitzen leuchtete ein goldener Kranz, als hätte jemand hinter ihnen eine Taschenlampe eingeschaltet.
Jean folgte dem Farbverlauf des Himmels von seinem anfänglichen Lila über ein tiefes Königsblau bis zu dem beginnenden Schwarz direkt über ihnen. Unzählige Sterne glitzerten über ihren Köpfen, als hätte jemand eine Handvoll winziger Diamantsplitter in die Höhe geworfen.”
― Alexandra Soerensen, Heimwärts Voraus: Die Geschichte einer unerwarteten Reise