Each one of us, in his timidity, has a limit beyond which he is outraged. It is inevitable that he who by concentrated application has extended this limit for himself, should arouse the resentment of those who have accepted conventions which, since accepted by all, require no initiative of application. And this resentment generally takes the form of meaningless laughter or of criticism, if not persecution.

An original is a creation motivated by desire.

Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.

In the same spirit, when the automobile arrived, there were those that declared the horse to be the most perfect form of locomotion.

If I'd had the nerve, I'd have become a thief or a gangster, but since I didn't, I became a photographer.

I never knew what I was doing until I was done.

My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.