I succeeded in bewitching a fair number and in being intoxicated with my mistakes.

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.

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

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

one should always talk well about oneself! The word spreads around and in the end, noone remembers where it started

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.

And history becomes legend and legend becomes history.