I wasn't really naked. I simply didn't have any clothes on.

All my life, I have maintained that the people of the world can learn to live together in peace if they are not brought up in prejudice.

What am I most ashamed of in my life? Not keeping my promise to my sister and being too scared of America to attend her funeral.

Art is an elastic sort of love.

I think they must mix blood, otherwise the human race is bound to degenerate. Mixing blood is marvelous. It makes strong and intelligent men. It takes away tired spirits.

The old Catholic parties hounded me with a Christian hatred from station to station, city to city, one stage to another.

I wanted to get far away from those who believed in cruelty, so then I went to France, a land of true freedom, democracy, equality and fraternity.