There are some women who should barely be spoken to; they should only be caressed.

A picture is first of all a product of the artist's imagination, it must never be a copy.

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.

C'est vrai. Voilá quelqu'un qui sent comme moi. (It is true. There is someone who feels as I do).

In painting you must give the idea of the true by means of the false.

Instantaneity is photography.

No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters.