"Collective subversion is conformity. The only true revolution is the singular one."
Scott Crary is an American film director, producer and writer, best known for having directed, produced, filmed and edited the film Kill Your Idols, a documentary examining three decades of New York art punk bands.
"There is no artistic worth in compromise, in a pair, in collaboration, in obedient unity. These are all impossible terms. Action must come from the individual. The group (even if just a population of two) is only capable of reaction."
"Patience is the only honest muse. In writing, in painting, and especially in photography."
"Any art should be advertising for ones soul."
"Photography is a hunt. But one that ends in the immortality of the prey, rather than the prey’s death."
"(William) Burroughs was all about the future. Was all about liberation through the dismantling of presiding orders. He was a big influence on punk culture and punk music (and me) for that reason."
"All lovers are runaways, are fugitives. Inheriting the entire world on that journey. Escaping to one another."