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> [“In order to do something that seems new, you have to strip away everything that's traditional, take away all the things that give it its formula or its identity. You have to get everything that's normal and break it. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/genesis-p-orridge/in-order-to-do-something-that-seems-new-you-have-to-strip-away/)

[Genesis P-Orridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/genesis-p-orridge/)

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## More by Genesis P-Orridge

> [I really feel that I've been unjustly exorcised from the story of psychedelic music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/genesis-p-orridge/i-really-feel-that-i-ve-been-unjustly-exorcised-from-the-story-of/)

[Genesis P-Orridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/genesis-p-orridge/)

> [My father gave me a copy of 'Seven Years in Tibet,' and that's what turned me on to Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/genesis-p-orridge/my-father-gave-me-a-copy-of-seven-years-in-tibet-and-that-s-what/)

[Genesis P-Orridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/genesis-p-orridge/)

> [I have no idea what's going on in the fashion industry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/genesis-p-orridge/i-have-no-idea-what-s-going-on-in-the-fashion-industry/)

[Genesis P-Orridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/genesis-p-orridge/)

> [Writing is a recording that you can cut up and reassemble. Sound is something you can cut up and reassemble. Film, video - you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/genesis-p-orridge/writing-is-a-recording-that-you-can-cut-up-and-reassemble-sound-is/)

[Genesis P-Orridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/genesis-p-orridge/)

> [Change is not a linear process; it's an all-encompassing process, and it's alive in different ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/genesis-p-orridge/change-is-not-a-linear-process-it-s-an-all-encompassing-process-and/)

[Genesis P-Orridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/genesis-p-orridge/)

> [“When order is lost, time spits.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/genesis-p-orridge/when-order-is-lost-time-spits/)

[Genesis P-Orridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/genesis-p-orridge/)

> [The biggest way to say, philosophically, you'll never be part of a war is to look completely the opposite of anyone in a war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/genesis-p-orridge/the-biggest-way-to-say-philosophically-you-ll-never-be-part-of-a-war/)

[Genesis P-Orridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/genesis-p-orridge/)

> [Everything in our world tends to be built on either/ors, and either/ors inevitably make enemies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/genesis-p-orridge/everything-in-our-world-tends-to-be-built-on-either-ors-and-either/)

[Genesis P-Orridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/genesis-p-orridge/)

> [An exact science is one that admits loss.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/genesis-p-orridge/an-exact-science-is-one-that-admits-loss/)

[Genesis P-Orridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/genesis-p-orridge/)

> [the voluntary relinquishing of responsibility for our lives and our actions is one of the greatest enemies of our time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/genesis-p-orridge/the-voluntary-relinquishing-of-responsibility-for-our-lives-and-our/)

[Genesis P-Orridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/genesis-p-orridge/)

> [Brian Jones had this really ethereal atmosphere around him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/genesis-p-orridge/brian-jones-had-this-really-ethereal-atmosphere-around-him/)

[Genesis P-Orridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/genesis-p-orridge/)

> [A lot of the conceptualists and the prestige galleries are debasing themselves in presentations which have little else to them but the presentation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/genesis-p-orridge/a-lot-of-the-conceptualists-and-the-prestige-galleries-are-debasing/)

[Genesis P-Orridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/genesis-p-orridge/)

> [I was born in Manchester, England.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/genesis-p-orridge/i-was-born-in-manchester-england/)

[Genesis P-Orridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/genesis-p-orridge/)

> [The status quo is presented as something to aspire to, whereas for us, the status quo was something we wanted to shatter in order…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/genesis-p-orridge/the-status-quo-is-presented-as-something-to-aspire-to-whereas-for-us/)

[Genesis P-Orridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/genesis-p-orridge/)

> [When the blues came out, it was something pure and undefined, but when all these white groups got hold of it, it became something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/genesis-p-orridge/when-the-blues-came-out-it-was-something-pure-and-undefined-but-when/)

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