Sometimes I spit on my mother's portrait for pleasure.

If you refuse to study anatomy, the arts of drawing and perspective, the mathematics of aesthetics, and the science of color, let me tell you that this is more a sign of laziness than of genius.

Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature, understand them thoroughly.

The true painter must be able, with the most usual things, to have the most unusual ideas.

Begin by learning to draw and paint like the old masters. After that, you can do as you like; everyone will respect you.

Nothing proves the truth of surrealism so much as photography. The Zeiss lens has unexpected faculties of surprise!

The desire to survive and the fear of death are artistic sentiments