The only domain where the divine is visible is that of art, whatever name we choose to call it.

A political leader is necessarily an imposter since he believes in solving life's problems without asking its question.

The thrill of creation which we experience which we experience when we see a masterpiece is not unlike the feeling of the artist who created it; such a work is a fragment of the world which he has annexed and which belongs to him alone.

There are not fifty ways of fighting, there's only one, and that's to win. Neither revolution nor war consists in doing what one pleases.

There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West has woman.

The basic problem is that our civilization, which is a civilization of machines, can teach man everything except how to be a man.

The true painter strives to paint what can only be seen through his world.