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

I've always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality.

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

Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself.

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

I have not looked at a newspaper in twenty years; if one is brought into the room, I flee. This is not because I am indifferent but because one cannot follow every road.

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?