The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.

Cultivate everything the critics hated in your first work - that's what makes you unique.

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

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.

Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.

What uniform can I wear to hide my heavy heart? It is too heavy. It will always show. Jacques felt himself growing gloomy again. He was well aware that to live on earth a man must follow its fashions, and hearts were no longer worn.

I am happy to exhibit, but not to put myself on exhibition.