What I expect from any work of art is that it surprises me, that it violates my customary valuations of things and offers me other, unexpected ones.

Dancing is the last word in life. In dancing one draws nearer to oneself.

The real function of art is to change mental patterns ... making new thought possible.

When I want to draw a camel I no longer limit myself, as I once did, to looking only at camels.

Art is the most frenzied orgy man is capable of.

There is no art without intoxication. But I mean a mad intoxication! Let reason teeter! Delirium! The highest degree of delirium! Plunged in burning dementia! Art is the most enrapturing orgy within man's reach.. Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn't bore.

Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn't bore.