An artist is an explorer.

Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better.

Art is an escape from reality.

Much of the beauty that arises in art comes from the struggle an artist wages with his limited medium.

Ever since there have been men, man has given himself over to too little joy. That alone, my brothers, is our original sin. I should believe only in a God who understood how to dance.

Do remember that one line does nothing; it is only in relation to another that it creates a volume.

I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer.