I need to see the original paintings just as little as I have to read the original manuscripts of books.

I need to see the original paintings just as little as I have to read the original manuscripts of books.

To be a surrealist means barring from your mind all remembrance of what you have seen, and being always on the lookout for what has never been.

I like subversive humor, freckles, women's knees and long hair, the laughter of playing children, and a girl running down the street.

My painting is visible images which conceal nothing... they evoke mystery and indeed when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question 'What does that mean'? It does not mean anything, because mystery means nothing either, it is unknowable.

Nothing is confused except the mind.

I think we are responsible for the universe, but that doesn't mean we decide anything.