“I remain in intolerable non-knowledge, which has no other way out than ecstasy itself.”
Source: L’Expérience Intérieure (1943), p. 12
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Source: L’Expérience Intérieure (1943), p. 12

The Drowned and the Saved (1986)
Context: In countries and epochs in which communication is impeded, soon all other liberties wither; discussion dies by inanition, ignorance of the opinion of others becomes rampant, imposed opinions triumph. The well-known example of this is the crazy genetics preached in the USSR by Lysenko, which in the absence of discussion (his opponents were exiled to Siberia) compromised the harvests for twenty years. Intolerance is inclined to censor, and censorship promotes ignorance of the arguments of others and thus intolerance itself: a rigid, vicious circle that is hard to break.
Source: Introduction to Church Dogmatics (1957), p. 11

Source: Treatise Concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality (1731), Ch. 5, sct. 7

Introduction to the Art gallery at his website (2006) http://robertfulghum.com/index.php/fulghumweb/artshowentry/introduction2/
Context: I don't do art to address other people but to address myself. I've never done art with a thought of being a professional artist who makes a living by selling his art. I've never had a commercial show in a gallery. I suppose I'm like those who write poetry or songs without seeking publication. I make art in and for the experience itself — to satisfy a need to express myself in a creative, colorful, non-verbal way.

Source: Learning by knowledge‐intensive firms," 1992, p. 715