Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time.
The Louvre is a morgue; you go there to identify your friends.
The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.
The poet Paul Éluard says that to understand my film version of Beauty and the Beast, you must love your dog more than your car.
Poetry is a religion with no hope.
Cultivate everything the critics hated in your first work - that's what makes you unique.