“He knew that there was death—that there must be death if there were evolution, that death was one of the mechanisms that biologically spelled progress and advancement for evolutionary species.”
Source: Time is the Simplest Thing (1961), Chapter 10 (p. 75)
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reprinted in 'Zero', ed. Otto Piene and Heinz Mack, Cambridge, Mass; MIT Press 1973, p. 119
Quotes, 1960's, untitled statements in 'Zero 3', (1961)

“Dreams and death were old friends of his. He knew how to navigate their dark borderland.”
Source: The Blood of Olympus
“The death of the spirit is the price of progress.”
Eric Voegelin (1987), The New Science of Politics: An Introduction, ISBN 0226861147, p. 131

“Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.”
A Book of Burlesques (1916)
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