Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.

I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.

To create is divine, to reproduce is human.

I paint when I cannot photograph.

Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me !

All critics should be assassinated.

The complicated engines manufactured by men demand, if one really wants to use them, much calm. Ever since our love for machines replaced the love we used to have for our fellow man, catastrophes proceed to increase.