I used to think feminism was a liberating force - now I see many of those people are just censors under a different name. Lydia Lunch More Quotes by Lydia Lunch More Quotes From Lydia Lunch Because we have so much eye candy and mind candy, spending so much time trying to pay the rent, all of this conspires to keep us from thinking too hard or taking action from that. Our time is stolen. So much of our daily life is stolen. Lydia Lunch luncheyethinking There is so much in the world to hate, why hate yourself? Lydia Lunch hate-youhateworld I'm completely optimistic - I know the end is coming! Lydia Lunch optimisticlunchends I think it's important to encourage gluttony in all its formats. Lydia Lunch lunchencouragementthinking The female format is a beautiful one in which to function. Foolhardy as it may be. I change my image all the time, it's whatever suits me at the moment. Lydia Lunch femalelunchbeautiful Women are denied masturbation even more severely than men and that's another method of control-they're not taught to please themselves.... Most women-it takes them a while to warm up to the "situation" but once they get into it, I'm sure they're going to get just as hooked as-well, everyone I know is! Lydia Lunch masturbationtaughtmen I'm nihilistic, antagonistic, violent, horrible - but not obliterated, yet. I just refuse to be beaten down. I think it's stubborness that keeps me going. Lydia Lunch genocidestubbornthinking I'm a total pleasure seeker. I pursue anything that satisfies me. I usually get it. I have specific needs and I know what they are so I can achieve satisfaction. Lydia Lunch lunchsatisfactionneeds My job is to confront apathy and confront all the forces that tend to batter each of us down with all kind of oppression, even self-oppression. I consider that the main job of the art that I do- to rattle the cage, wake people up, wake myself up, confront all that would conspire to keep us down. Lydia Lunch selfjobsart I decided to lock myself in. A forced segregation. Sabbatical. A retreat into myself. My selves. Play hide and go seek in the looking-glass. The mirror angled at the foot of my bed. Twisted reflections bouncing off into infinity. Obsessed with my image, the myriad of distored figurines who danced in front of me in rapid succession, every feature exaggerated, every slight imperfection a new delicacy. Lydia Lunch glassesmirrorsreflection Just because my bank account hasn't swelled astronomically I don't consider myself any less of a success. Lydia Lunch be-consideratebank-accountsconsiderate The American way of life, as I see it, is really the American way of death. Everything is determined by greed and the insatiable desire to be the richest and most powerful. And that desire is limitless. Lydia Lunch greedpowerfuldesire I would be humiliated if I found out that anything I did actually became a commercial success. Lydia Lunch lunchwould-befound I had to de-program myself. From myself. Had to reinvent rituals of purification. So full of the vagrant pollutions of others. It was time to detox. Not only from alcohol, sex, and drugs, but from needy leeches who looked to swab me with their sores. Detox from my own needy lechery. Had to locate the center wound and cauterize. Undo the original sin, the origin of my sickness...Had to learn to replace Them, It, Want, Hurt, Anger, Sorrow, Loss, with Power, Healing, Wisdom, Fulfillment, Satisfaction. Lydia Lunch hurthealingsex The need to document my insanity is an affliction I have not yet cured myself of. Lydia Lunch afflictioninsanityneeds Sure you're powerless, sure you're just one person, sure you can't change anything but you don't have to be miserable about it as well. Lydia Lunch cant-changewellsmiserable I am a humanist not a feminist. Theres a big difference. Lydia Lunch feministdifferencesbigs If people could understand how much pleasure they could have by themselves, I think everyone would be a lot saner. I think that people really need a dose of quality time with one's self. Lydia Lunch selfpeoplethinking Part of the charm of what I do is the fact that its completely unrelated to everything that came before. Lydia Lunch charmlunchfacts Think your own thoughts. Lydia Lunch thinking
