Human feeling. That's beyond my range. I'm rotten to the core.

culture is an affront to the wisdom of nature and a ruinous exploitation of the human organism as a whole.

"Accustomed, as it is, to think of man as a dualism of mind and body, and to regard the former as "sensible" and the latter as a "dumb" animal, our cultture is an affront to the wisdom of nature and a ruinous exploitation of the human organism as a whole."

Too much of the animal disfigures the civilized human being, too much culture makes a sick animal.

The rottenness comes from within.

for that which is a disgrace to human nature, throws something of a shade over all the human character, and each individual feels his share of the wound that is given to the whole.

A miserable spectacle of wrecked humanity, pitiable to others and intolerable to myself.

I don't necessarily love rotting bodies, but there's a texture to a rotting body that is unbelievable. Have you ever seen a little rotted animal? I love looking at those things, just as much as I like to look at a close-up of some tree bark, or a small bug, or a cup of coffee, or a piece of pie. You get in close and the textures are wonderful.

Until we're rotten, we cannot be ripe.

It is disgusting — Why must we have bodies?

We men are wretched things.

Man's greatness comes from knowing he is wretched.

A man with a machine and inadequate culture is a pestilence.

It marked, further, the decay or going to pieces of his moral nature, a vain thing and a handicap in the ruthless struggle for existence.