Empty the pond to get the fish.

Bring together things that have as yet never been brought together and did not seem predisposed to be so.

Provoke the unexpected. Expect it.

Ideally, nothing should be shown, but that’s impossible.

The ear is profound, whereas the eye is frivolous, too easily satisfied. The ear is active, imaginative, whereas the eye is passive. When you hear a noise at night, instantly you imagine its cause. The sound of a train whistle conjures up the whole station. The eye can perceive only what is presented to it.

Laugh at a bad reputation. Fear a good one that you could not sustain.

It is in its pure form that an art hits hard.