All critics should be assassinated.

Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask 'how', while others of a more curious nature will ask 'why'. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.

Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me !

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.

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

All critics should be assassinated.