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.

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

I paint when I cannot photograph.

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

I have never painted a recent picture.

There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.

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 !