Don't for a moment believe He was killing the young; He was costuming angels.

Since it's now fashionable to laugh at the conservative French Academy, I have remained a rebel by joining it.

Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.

The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee.

I feel myself inhabited by a force or being -- very little known to me. It gives the orders; I follow.

I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.

How our old friend [Michelangelo] of the Sistine would have loved to photograph his workers, perched on the fragile planks. Dali was right to say Leonardo only worked from photographs.