I worry about another leg down in the economies causing social disruption because deleveragings can be very painful - it depends on how they're managed.

You know the worst thing is freedom. Freedom of any kind is the worst for creativity. You know, Dali spent two months in jail in Spain, and these two months were the most enjoyable and happy in my life. Before my jail period, I was always nervous, anxious. I didn't know if I should make a drawing, or perhaps make a poem, or go to the movies or the theatre, or catch a girl, or play with the boys. The people put me in jail, and my life became divine. Tremendous!

Just as I am astonished that a bank clerk never eats a cheque, so too am I astonished that no painter before me ever thought of painting a soft watch.

So little of what could happen does happen.

You have to systematically create confusion, it sets creativity free. Everything that is contradictory creates life

Do not strive to be a modern artist: it's the one thing, unfortunately, you can't help being.

The reason some portraits don't look true to life is that some people make no effort to resemble their pictures.