Who did they all think they were? …It's like Arnold Bennett in the Dolomites."Īn hilarious art anecdote - "One day towards the end of his life, Blake met Constable at Hampstead and was shown one of the younger artist's sketches. "Who on earth does he think he is?" The question was not addressed to Cezanne in particular, but to the human species at large. On Cézanne's self portrait - "What pretensions!" I kept repeating. Huxley, second last row, third from the left Never glimpse of truth - then it's far too late - when they pass away." -George Harrison "We were talking - about the space between us allĪnd the people - who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion But if he inspired Within You Without You (rather than "come on baby, light my fire") I think he would not have minded. Pepper's was not exactly what he intended. However Huxley was dismayed that Doors had been used in the launch of the counterculture of the 1960s. Timothy Leary read Huxley’s book, and they had met at Harvard. But in Judith's skirt I could clearly see what, if I had been a painter of genius, I might have made of my old gray flannels. For the glory and the wonder of pure existence belong to another order, beyond the Power of even the highest art to express. They had seen the Istigkeit, the Allness and Infinity of folded cloth and had done their best to render it in paint or stone. And these non-representational nine-tenths of a Madonna or an Apostle may be just as important qualitatively as they are in quantity. All the rest consists of many colored variations on the inexhaustible theme of crumpled wool or linen. In the average Madonna or Apostle the strictly human, fully representational element accounts for about ten per cent of the whole. His thoughts on drapery make you believe that folds in a piece of cloth are the most important thing in the world. Ironically, part of the trip occurs at "the world's biggest drugstore", where, browsing through some art books, he waxes eloquent on art and culture. He is erudite, witty and full of good will toward men. It is quite evident the man truly had a beautiful mind. The session was recorded and he was able to reconstruct "the trip" and his thoughts very thoroughly. Huxley attempted to open up that door and find the perfect state of grace that he believed was possible for all. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern." "If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite. The title comes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell The Doors of Perception is a detailed account of the first time. His last words were “LSD, 100 micrograms I.M.” He took psychedelic drugs less than a dozen times in his life, but he always did so with a deep spiritual purpose, never casually.
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