Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known.

Poetry, being elegance itself, cannot hope to achieve visibility... It insists on living its own life.

One sits down first; one thinks afterwards.

Do as the beautiful woman: see to your figure and your petticoats. Though, of course, I am not speaking literally.

Do not fear being ridiculous in relation to the ridiculous.

Listen carefully to first criticisms made of your work. Note just what it is about your work that critics don't like - then cultivate it. That's the only part of your work that's individual and worth keeping.

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.