Art is never chaste. It ought to be forbidden to ignorant innocents, never allowed into contact with those not sufficiently prepared. Yes, art is dangerous. Where it is chaste, it is not art.

When I am told I am too old to do something, I try to do it right away.

As an artist, all I need is my paints and brushes - and someone to drag me away when the canvas is done

Good artists copy, great artists steal.

If all the ways I have been along were marked on a map and joined up with a line, it might represent a minotaur.

I hate it when people pilfer my things.

The essential in this time of moral poverty is to create enthusiasm.