Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.

I have come to an unalterable decision - to go and live forever in Polynesia. Then I can end my days in peace and freedom, without thoughts of tomorrow and this eternal struggle against idiots.

A meter of green is greener than a centimeter.

In art one is concerned with the condition of the spirit for three quarters of the time; one must therefore care for oneself if he wishes to make something great and lasting.

If you see a tree as blue, then make it blue.

And here in my isolation I can grow stronger. Poetry seems to come of itself, without effort, and I need only let myself dream a little while painting to suggest it.

In Europe men and women have intercourse because they love each other. In the South Seas they love each other because they have had intercourse. Who is right?