There is no such thing as Intelligence; one has intelligence of this or that. One must have intelligence only for what one is doing.

And even this heart of mine has something artificial. The dancers have sewn it into a bag of pink satin, pink satin slightly faded, like their dancing shoes.

Instantaneity is photography.

Taste! It doesn't exist. An artist makes beautiful things without being aware of it.

A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people.

What is certain is that setting a piece of nature in place and drawing it are two very different things.

The true traveler never arrives.