All my life I have painted pictures so that certain people would drop dead when they looked at them, but I have not succeeded yet. The worst painting cant hurt you, but a bad driver can kill you, a bad judge can send you to the chair, a bad politician can ruin an entire country, That is why even a bad painting is sacred.

One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.

I have never painted a recent picture.

I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.

To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.

I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.

Dada cannot live in New York. All New York is dada, and will not tolerate a rival.