The only thing that's important is the legend created by the picture, and not whether it continues to exist itself.

Painting isn't an aesthetic operation; it's a form of magic designed as mediator between this strange hostile world and us.

My whole life has been nothing more than a continuous struggle against Reaction and the death of art.

It's insane how many Roman coins are being found! It's as if all Romans had holes in their pockets. They sowed coins wherever they went. Even in the fields. Maybe to grow money . . .

Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness.

When it comes right down to it, all you have is your self. Your Self is a sun with a thousand rays.

To be young, really young, takes a very long time.