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Larry Harvey Quotes

1948–2018 United States

Larry Harvey (11 January 1948 – 28 April 2018) was an American artist, philanthropist and activist who was the main co-founder of the Burning Man event, along with his friend Jerry James.

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What we have to do is make progress in the quality of connection between people, not the quantity of consumption.

We don’t think the world can be Woodstock … Who’d think the world could be a perpetual carnival?

I elevated passions into duties. (p.s. That's not enough…)

Burning Man is devoted to acts of gift giving. The value of a gift is unconditional. Gifting does not contemplate a return or an exchange for something of equal value.

The 10 Principles of Burning Man (2004)

The essence of the desert is that you are free to create your own world, your own visionary reality. … Both Burning Man and the Internet make it possible to regather the tribe of mankind.

Anyone may be a part of Burning Man. We welcome and respect the stranger. No prerequisites exist for participation in our community.

The 10 Principles of Burning Man (2004)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Larry Harvey (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.