We artists are indestructible; even in a prison, or in a concentration camp, I would be almighty in my own world of art, even if I had to paint my pictures with my wet tongue on the dusty floor of my cell.

The connoisseur of painting gives only bad advice to the painter. For that reason I have given up trying to judge myself.

Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.

If one knows exactly what is going to be done, why do it?

The best calculation is the absence of calculation. Once you have attained a certain level of recognition, others generally figure that when you do something, it's for an intelligent reason. So it's really foolish to plot out your movements too carefully in advance. You're better off acting capriciously.

If I spit, they will take my spit and frame it as great art.

You don't make art, you find it