“Everyone can feel the nothingness, the void, just beneath the surface of everyday routines and securities.”

—  John Zerzan

Elements of Refusal (1988)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Everyone can feel the nothingness, the void, just beneath the surface of everyday routines and securities." by John Zerzan?
John Zerzan photo
John Zerzan23
American anarchist and primitivist philosopher and author 1943

Related quotes

Bram van Velde photo

“Through painting I try to get closer to nothingness, to the void.”

Bram van Velde (1895–1981) Dutch painter

1960's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde' (1965 - 1969)

“Everyone feels that void. Everyone who has the balls to look inside themselves, anyway. It's what life's all about.. A search.”

Tiffanie DeBartolo (1970) American writer

Source: God-Shaped Hole

Aleister Crowley photo

“It is useless to seek the soul of things beneath their surface, for their surface is their soul.”

Aleister Crowley (1875–1947) poet, mountaineer, occultist

A. Lee Martinez photo

“Reality is like a fruitcake; pretty enough to look at but with all sorts of nasty things lurking just beneath the surface.”

A. Lee Martinez Gil's All Fright Diner

Source: Gil's All Fright Diner

Oscar Wilde photo

“All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.”

Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray

David Lynch photo

“I learned that just beneath the surface there's another world, and still different worlds as you dig deeper. I knew it as a kid, but I couldn't find the proof. It was just a kind of feeling. There is goodness in blue skies and flowers, but another force--a wild pain and decay--also accompanies everything.”

David Lynch (1946) American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor

V. V. S. Laxman photo

“When I walk out to play in Hyderabad, I will feel a deep void. A void that can never be fulfilled. My dear friend, VVS Laxman…”

V. V. S. Laxman (1974) former Indian cricketer

Sachin Tendulkar
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/series-tournaments/vvs-laxman-calls-it-a-day/top-stories/VVS-Laxmans-void-can-never-be-fulfilled-says-Sachin-Tendulkar/articleshow/15547696.cms?

Guillermo del Toro photo

“The underground of the city is like what's underground in people. Beneath the surface, it's boiling with monsters.”

Guillermo del Toro (1964) Mexican film director

Related topics