Kitsch is more dangerous than it looks when taken to the extreme.

When applied to politics and taken to its extreme, kitsch is the mask of death. Fascism was all aesthetics. There was no core principle to it. There was no truth to it.

Irrationality interests me more than anything: sometimes it's very dangerous, but it can be incredibly beautiful.

A fallen lighthouse is more dangerous than a reef.

Extreme poverty is extremely dangerous.

I don't tend to think in terms of a moral authority - be a good boy, do good things - more in terms of what feels right.