The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell.
One cannot create an art that speaks to men when one has nothing to say.
One can fool life for a long time, but in the end it always makes us what we were intended to be.
To love a painting is to feel that this presence is ... not an object but a voice.
There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West has woman.
The truth about a man lies first and foremost in what he hides.