Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.

If the affairs of the world were put in the hands of the screwball artists, it couldn’t be in a worse state than it is now !

I like contradictions. We have never attained the infinite variety and contradictions that exist in nature. Tomorrow I shall contradict myself. That is the one way I have of asserting my liberty, the real liberty one does not find as a member of society.

When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.

Speaking of nudes, I have always had a great fondness for this subject, both in my paintings and in my photos, and I must admit, not for purely artistic reasons.

I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.

I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.