I am only a public entertainer who understands his time.

The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies.

In art intentions are not sufficient and, as we say in Spanish, love must be proved by deeds and not by reasons. What one does is what counts and not what one had the intention of doing.

I try to paint what I have found and not what I look for. In art, intentions are of little importance.

Painting isn't made for the decoration of apartments; it is a weapon to be used offensively and defensively against the enemy.

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

You know, it's just like being a peddler. You want two breasts? Well, here you are -- two breasts. We must see to it that the man looking at the picture has at hand everything he needs to paint a nude. If you really give him everything he needs -- and the best -- he'll put everything where it belongs, with his own eyes. Each person will make for himself the kind of nude he wants, with the nude that I will have made for him.