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

Right now I'm the greatest. I don't say this through vanity. It's just that the rest are so bad.

When the creations of a genius collide with the mind of a layman, and produce an empty sound, there is little doubt as to which is at fault.

I do not believe in my death.

When I paint, the Sea Roars Others Splash about in the bath

It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself.

All of my knowledge, of both science and religion, I incorporate into the classical tradition of my painting.