To make living itself an art, that is the goal.

The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer, the opposite of the idealist. The artist does not tinker with the universe, he recreates it out of his own experience and understanding of life.

We live in the mind, in ideas, in fragments. We no longer drink in the wild outer music of the streets - we remember only.

What is an artist? He's a man who has antennae, who knows how to hook up to the currents which are in atmosphere, in the cosmos.

Without a Coca-Cola life is unthinkable.

I'm an egotist, but I'm not selfish. There's a difference. I'm a neurotic, I guess. I can't stop thinking about myself. It isn't that I think myself so important. I simply can't think about anything else, that's all.

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.