An artist discovers his genius the day he dares not to please.
Nothing is harder than to get people to think about what they are going to do.
There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West has woman.
Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world as fertilize itself with it.
If man is not ready to risk his life, where is his dignity?
To love a painting is to feel that this presence is ... not an object but a voice.