Anxiety is not fear, being afraid of this or that definite object, but the uncanny feeling of being afraid of nothing at all. It is precisely Nothingness that makes itself present and felt as the object of our dread.
—William Barrett (b. 1913)
When my expectations are exactly fulfilled, I feel that something uncanny has happened.
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
The sacred is found boring by many who find the uncanny fascinating.
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)