--- title: "1 Baker Quotes By Larry Harvey" description: "1 Baker quotes by Larry Harvey. Plus more from Larry Harvey and more Baker sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa5/larry-harvey-21201_any_when-i-was-in-my-late-30s-i-lit-a-figure_2646413.jpg" --- > [When I was in my late 30s, I lit a figure on fire on Baker Beach in San Francisco. It was me, a friend, and maybe eight people, tops. There wasn't any premeditation to it at all. It was really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-harvey/when-i-was-in-my-late-30s-i-lit-a-figure-on-fire-on-baker-beach-in/) [Larry Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa5/larry-harvey-21201_any_when-i-was-in-my-late-30s-i-lit-a-figure_2646413.jpg) ## More by Larry Harvey > [We take people to the threshold of religion. Our aim is to induce immediate experience that is beyond the odd, beyond the strange, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-harvey/we-take-people-to-the-threshold-of-religion-our-aim-is-to-induce/) [Larry Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-harvey/) > [I think it's a little much to expect the organisation to solve the problem of racial parity. We do see a fast-increasing influx of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-harvey/i-think-it-s-a-little-much-to-expect-the-organisation-to-solve-the/) [Larry Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-harvey/) > [As a child, I craved sophistication and culture. My parents didn't know what to make of me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-harvey/as-a-child-i-craved-sophistication-and-culture-my-parents-didn-t-know/) [Larry Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-harvey/) > [They become the keepers of the mystery. They place themselves between the communicants of the religion, and the immediate experience. And then they dictate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-harvey/they-become-the-keepers-of-the-mystery-they-place-themselves-between/) [Larry Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-harvey/) > [I grew up on a farm in Oregon, an adopted child, with one sibling, and parents the age of all my peers' grandparents. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-harvey/i-grew-up-on-a-farm-in-oregon-an-adopted-child-with-one-sibling-and/) [Larry Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-harvey/) > [It avoids a self-conscious relationship to the act. We live in the most self-conscious society in the history of mankind. There are good things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-harvey/it-avoids-a-self-conscious-relationship-to-the-act-we-live-in-the/) [Larry Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-harvey/) > [Black Rock gives us all a chance to heal, to become ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-harvey/black-rock-gives-us-all-a-chance-to-heal-to-become-ourselves/) [Larry Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-harvey/) > [Kleenex would have made a mint today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-harvey/kleenex-would-have-made-a-mint-today/) [Larry Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-harvey/) > [My wife is from Jamaica. My ex-wife. My stepchildren - and then there's my son. So, it's a biracial family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-harvey/my-wife-is-from-jamaica-my-ex-wife-my-stepchildren-and-then-there-s/) [Larry Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-harvey/) > [We've been civilized from the beginning. In the desert, it's a baroque city like Paris or Rome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-harvey/we-ve-been-civilized-from-the-beginning-in-the-desert-it-s-a-baroque/) [Larry Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-harvey/) > [Artists deserve to make a living](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-harvey/artists-deserve-to-make-a-living/) [Larry Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-harvey/) > [People give because they identify with Burning Man, with our city, with our civic life. The idea of giving something to the citizens of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-harvey/people-give-because-they-identify-with-burning-man-with-our-city-with/) [Larry Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-harvey/) > [Burning Man is like a big family picnic. Would you sell things to one another at a family picnic? No, you'd share things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-harvey/burning-man-is-like-a-big-family-picnic-would-you-sell-things-to-one/) [Larry Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-harvey/) > [We see culture as a self-organising thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-harvey/we-see-culture-as-a-self-organising-thing/) [Larry Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-harvey/) > [Belief is thought at rest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-harvey/belief-is-thought-at-rest/) [Larry Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-harvey/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baker/larry-harvey/#itemlist", "name": "1 Baker Quotes By Larry Harvey", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I was in my late 30s, I lit a figure on fire on Baker Beach in San Francisco. 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