An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.

Do not take up cause against the inaccuracies printed about you. They are your protection.

When I write, I disturb. When I show a film, I disturb. When I exhibit my painting, I disturb, and I disturb if I don't. I have a knack for disturbing.

It seems to me that invisibility is the required provision of elegance. Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.

Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them plausibly.

The public only takes up yesterday as a stick to beat today.

Continue reading Proust. His magnificent intelligence is particularly fond of describing stupidity. Which is ultimately exhausting.