It is more than likely that the brain itself is, in origin and development, only a sort of great clot of genital fluid held in suspense or reserved. This hypothesis would explain the enormous content of the brain as a maker or presenter of images.

If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good.

It would be about as easy for an American to become a Chinaman or a Hindoo as for him to acquire an Englishness or a Frenchness or a European-ness that is more than half skin deep.

I did not enter into silence. Silence captured me.

The natural object is always the adequate symbol.

All my life I believed I knew something. But then one strange day came when I realized that I knew nothing, yes, I knew nothing. And so words became void of meaning. I have arrived too late at ultimate uncertainty.

The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work. To give an artist leisure is actually to take part in his creation.