The - writing is a kind of act of aggression, and a person who is not aggressive in his normal, may I say, intercourse with humanity might well be an aggressive writer.

The educational aspect of art shows has become overbearing: some of exhibits can leave you bleary from trying to read the walls. Presumably a piece of art is timeless and it can say something to us. You are taking away the right of art to talk for itself.

What we need is progress with an escape hatch.

Being naked approaches being revolutionary; going barefoot is mere populism.

It's great to have an enemy. Sharpens your senses.

I would rather be seated between any two women than any two men at a dinner party.

The first breathe of adultery is the freest.