Whores are the most honest girls. They present the bill right away.
The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity.
In a fire, between a Rembrandt and a cat, I would save the cat.
Failure is my best friend. If I succeeded, it would be like dying. Maybe worse.
The more you fail, the more you succeed. It is only when everything is lost and - instead of giving up - you go on, that you experience the momentary prospect of some slight progress. Suddenly you have the feeling - be it an illusion or not - that something new has opened up.
What I am looking for is not happiness. I work solely because it is impossible for me to do anything else.