The joy of youth is to disobey; but the trouble is that there are no longer any orders.

The runner stopped dead, lost his balance, froze in one of those violent attitudes in which the photographers petrify living reality.

The ultimate politeness in art consists of speaking only to those who are able to uncover and measure its relationships. Anything else is symbolic, and symbolism is merely transcendental imagery.

He has the manner of a giant with the look of a child, a lazy activeness, a mad wisdom, a solitude encompassing the world.

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

It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious.

Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what's known as infinity.