After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.

Picasso said that everything is a miracle, that it's a miracle that we don't dissolve in our baths.

Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.

We are in a period of such individualism that one no longer speaks of disciples; one speaks of thieves.

Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail.

I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love

Never do what a specialist can do better. Discover your own specialty. Do not despair if your specialty appears to be more delicate, a lesser thing. Make up in finesse what you lose in force.