I thought I was a revolutionary and was only an evolutionary.

Every war carries within it the war which will answer it. Every war is answered by a new war, until everything, everything is smashed.

To this day I do not know whether the power which has inspired my works is something related to religion, or is indeed religion itself.

There are moments on most days when I feel a deep and sincere gratitude, when I sit at the open window, and there is a blue sky or moving clouds.

Bisexuality is almost a necessary factor in artistic production; at any rate, the tinge of masculinity within me helped me in my work.

Where do all the women who have watched so carefully over the lives of their beloved ones get the heroism to send them to face the cannon?

There must be understanding between the artist and the people. In the best ages of art that has always been the case. Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways. But the good artists who follow after genius — and I count myself among these — have to restore the lost connection once more.