People go to the movies instead of moving.

I'm much more conscious of historical events since the '60s. In the '60s, I was insulated by my own addictions, my own lifestyle, from what was going on in the world. After I recovered I was amazed at certain people who had died. I hadn't noticed that they had gone. Not friends ... I'm talking about public figures who had passed away.

It is only in his work that an artist can find reality and satisfaction, for the actual world is less intense than the world of his invention and consequently his life, without recourse to violent disorder, does not seem very substantial. The right condition for him is that in which his work in not only convenient but unavoidable.

Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.

But I think the spirit of man is a good adversary

It's interesting, isn't it? . . . the chandelier . . . it reminds me of mushroom soup.

The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.