Hui Kong

“So always avoid banality. That is, avoid illustrating the author's words and remarks. If you want to create a true masterpiece you must always avoid beautiful lies: the truths on the calender under each date you find a proverb or saying such as: "He who is good to others will be happy." But this is not true. It is a lie. The spectator, perhaps, is content. The spectator likes easy truths. But we are not there to please or pander to the spectator. We are here to tell the truth.”
― Jerzy Grotowski

“Would you kill half the population today in order to save our species from extinction?”
― Dan Brown, Inferno

“The real troubles with living is that living is so banal.”
― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

“Nothing we do is inevitable, but everything we do is irreversible.”
― Joy Williams