Art is not chaste. Those ill prepared should be allowed no contact with art. Art is dangerous. If it is chaste, it is not art.

I am exhausted if I don't work.

Nothing can be done without solitude. I've created my own solitude which nobody suspects

What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero.

In art, there is neither past nor future. The art that is not in the present will never be.

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

Man doesn't change. He keeps his habits. Instinctively, all those people found the same corner for their kitchen. To build a city, don't men choose the same sites? Under cities you always find other cities; other churches under churches, and other houses under houses.