Our preoccupation has always been to craft space in such a way as to induce social interactions that would in turn generate a sense of community and a culture, but starting from the very immediate issue of how action influences perception. Larry Harvey Read Quote
People give because they identify with Burning Man, with our city, with our civic life. The idea of giving something to the citizens of Black Rock City has enormous appeal to them because it enhances their sense of who they are and magnifies their sense of being. That’s a spiritual reward. Larry Harvey Read Quote
Well it seems to me, that all real communities grow out of a shared confrontation with survival. Communities are not produced by sentiment or mere goodwill. They grow out of a shared struggle. Our situation in the desert is an incubator for community. Larry Harvey Read Quote
I’ll believe in utopia when I meet my first perfect person, and this community is made up of 70,000 imperfect persons. Larry Harvey Read Quote
Burning Man is like a big family picnic. Would you sell things to one another at a family picnic? No, you’d share things. Larry Harvey Read Quote
