It's not what the artist does that counts; it's what he is.

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.

People want to find a 'meaning' in everything and everyone. That's the disease of our age...

It is the object which aroused the artist, stimulated his ideas and set of his emotions. These ideas and emotions will be imprisoned in his work for good.

Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.

Everything we can dream can be real.

It's a poor artist who borrows--a good artist steals.