Men without joy seem like corpses.

Growing old is partly an inescapable process of accommodation and adjustment.

I have never been able to carry out any work coolly. On the contrary it is done, so to speak, with my own blood. Anyone who looks at my works must be able to sense that.

The development of the national spirit in its present form leads into blind alleys. Some condition must be found which preserves the life of the nation, but rules out the fatal rivalry among nations.

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

When Michelangelo was an old man, he drew himself sitting in a child's pushcart.

I can always paint very well with my eyes, but with my hands it doesn't always work out.