The Louvre is a morgue; you go there to identify your friends.

A man's truest self realizations might require him, above all, to learn to close his eyes: to let himself be taken unawares, to follow his dark angel, to risk his illegal instincts.

What is style? For many people, a very complicated way of saying very simple things. According to us, a very simple way of saying very complicated things.

You've never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it like bees working in a glass hive.

I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another.

An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.

Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently.