Boredom always precedes a period of great creativity. Robert M. Pirsig boredomcreativitygreat Change image and share on social
I did not want to write one of those sequels that famous first-book authors get into where everybody says, 'Oh yeah.' Robert M. Pirsig authorbookfamous Change image and share on social
Why, for example, should a group of simple, stable compounds of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen struggle for billions of years to organise themselves into a professor of chemistry? What's the motive? Robert M. Pirsig billioncarbonchemistry share on social
What I am is a heretic who's recanted and, thereby, in everyone's eyes, saved his soul. Everyone's eyes but one, who knows deep down inside that all he has saved is his skin. Robert M. Pirsig deepeyeheretic Change image and share on social
One geometry cannot be more true than another; it can only be more convenient. Geometry is not true, it is advantageous. Robert M. Pirsig advantageousconvenientgeometry Change image and share on social
The funny thing about insane people is that it is kind of the opposite of being a celebrity. Nobody envies you. Robert M. Pirsig celebrityenvyfunny Change image and share on social
Up until my first book was published, I had all this potential, people would say, and I screwed up. After it, I could say: 'No, I didn't screw up.' Robert M. Pirsig bookpeoplepotential Change image and share on social
Traditional scientific method has always been at the very best, 20 - 20 hindsight. It's good for seeing where you've been. It's good for testing the truth of what you think you know, but it can't tell you where you ought to go. Robert M. Pirsig goodhavehindsight share on social
I really don't mind dying because I figure I haven't wasted this life. Robert M. Pirsig diefigurelife Change image and share on social
It is not good to talk about Zen, because Zen is nothingness... If you talk about it, you are always lying, and if you don't talk about it, no one knows it is there. Robert M. Pirsig goodlienothingness Change image and share on social
