it is so difficult not to become vain about one's own good luck.

Self-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself.

That's what I consider true generosity. You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.

I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.

If you try consciously to be avant-garde, it's a little dangerous, like the present state of modern painting, where dealers try to be avant-garde, and under this pretext, painters take some old scraps and call it avant-garde.

Man is a talking animal and he will always let himself be swayed by the power of the word. Machines won't change human nature.

It's frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself. It seems unfair. You can't assume the responsibility for everything you do --or don't do.