Tyler Davis

“Life's big questions are big in the sense that they are momentuous. However, contrary to appearances, they are not big in the sense of being unanswerable. It is only that the answers are generally unpalatable. There is no great mystery, but there is plenty of horror.”
― David Benatar, The Human Predicament: A Candid Guide to Life's Biggest Questions

“I really don't like art with a message, unless the message is crystal clear.
If you have a message that really needs to be said, just fuckin' say it! Don't hide it in indecipherable lyrics... a sculpture, it's a play, the subtext... just fuckin' say it, 'cause the people who need to hear messages are dumb as shit--the masses of humanity are dumb as shit, and you're really just pandering to your friends. Say what the fuck you mean, just say it! Title the song 'eat more leafy greens'. 'Give a hoot, don't pollute' is as much message and art combined, 'cause I get that, it's a poem but I'm pretty sure you're saying 'don't pollute'. But if you have something... 'ooh, I have the cure for cancer...and I've hidden it in this Rubix cube!!' -- just fuckin' say it!
- Before Turning the Gun on Himself [2012]”
― Doug Stanhope

“One might almost define intelligence as the level at which an aware organism demands, 'What's in it for me?”
― Robert A. Heinlein

“Artist communities love to bullshit each other and glad-hand one another, and there's no room for the crippling honesty of comedy.
"I'm a painter" -- well... you don't...probably need to do that.
. . .
if you're painting something that doesn't exist, I understand that, I can appreciate- . . . but if your pain- 'oh, it's a barnyard scene in autumn'--well then just take a picture of a barn in autumn! It's way better than a painting!
- Before Turning the Gun on Himself [2012]”
― Doug Stanhope