I paint what cannot be photographed, something from the imagination... I photograph the things I don't want to paint, things that are already in existence.

The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.

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

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

An original is a creation motivated by desire.

I paint when I cannot photograph.

Is photography an art? There is no point in trying to find out if it is an art. Art is old-fashioned. We need something else.