A craftsman knows in advance what the finished result will be, while the artist knows only what it will be when he has finished it.

Art is born of humiliation.

There is no such thing as the State And no one exists alone; Hunger allows no choice To the citizen or the police; We must love one another or die.

Life is a picnic on a precipice.

I said earlier that I do not believe an artist's life throws much light upon his works. I do believe, however, that, more often than most people realize, his works may throw light upon his life. An artist with certain imaginative ideas in his head may then involve himself in relationships which are congenial to them.

When one looks into the window of a store which sells devotional art objects, one can't help wishing the iconoclasts had won.

When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a drawing room full of dukes.