I love bats! Women are scared of them. They think bats can get caught in their hair, don't they? But bats are the most beautiful of animals, extraordinarily delicate. Have you observed their brilliant little eyes, gleaming with intelligence, and their skin, silky as velvet? And look at all these delicate little bones.

They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order that they can sing better.

It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.

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

You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.

Basically the French are all peasants.

To know what you’re going to draw, you have to begin drawing... When I find myself facing a blank page, that’s always going through my head. What I capture in spite of myself interests me more than my own ideas.