Elias Canetti Quote

Is there still a possibility of public truth?
The prime condition for that would be that you pose your own questions, not just answer them. The questions of others have a distorting influence, one adapts to them, accepts words and concepts that should be avoided at all costs.
Ideally, you should use only words which you have filled with new meaning.

J. Agee, trans. (1989), p. 5 - Das Geheimherz der Uhr [The Secret Heart of the Clock] (1987)