The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.

The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.

Some of my best friends are illusions. Been sustaining me for years.

Some of my best friends are illusions. Been sustaining me for years.

We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion, if we want to be read more

We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy

Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.

Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.

I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what read more

I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.

Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create read more

Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world.

A woman should be an illusion.

A woman should be an illusion.

Illusion is the first of the pleasures

Illusion is the first of the pleasures

It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against read more

It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts... For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it.