All spiritual journeys are martyrdoms

A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.

Poetry is a religion without hope, but its martyrs guarantee the eternal truth of its dogma.

A picture is not a window...an abstract refers to no reality but its own.

The only way to kill death is through photography.

Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.

The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape.