And Loplop, bird superior, has transformed himself into flesh without flesh and will dwell among us.

Collage is the noble conquest of the irrational, the coupling of two realities, irreconcilable in appearance, upon a plane which apparently does not suit them.

Creativity is that marvelous capacity to grasp mutually distinct realities and draw a spark from their juxtaposition.

Painting is neither decorative amusement, nor the plastic invention of felt reality; it must be every time: invention, discovery, revelation.

When the artist finds himself he is lost. The fact that he has succeeded in never finding himself is regarded by Max Ernst as his only lasting achievement.

All good ideas arrive by chance.

Art has nothing to do with taste. Art is not there to be tasted

The artist is a spectator, indifferent or impassioned, at the birth of his work, and observes the phases of its development.

I have never seen a beautiful painting of a beautiful woman. But you can take an ugly woman and make a beautiful painting of her. It is the painting itself that should be beautiful.

Before he goes into the water, a diver cannot know what he will bring back.

Collage is a supersensitive and scrupulously accurate instrument, similar to a seismograph, which is able to record the exact amount of the possibility of human happiness at any period.

Good cops make their bosses look good, and Hector was a one-man beauty school.

The biggest and most deadly 'tax' rate on the poor comes from a loss of various welfare state benefits - food stamps, housing subsidies and the like - if their income goes up.

Yeah, I think speculation keeps things really interesting.

Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you're proud to live.

The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits.

My, g**, he was as strong as a team of oxen. That would be strong right?

Wounds, I think, are never confined to a single skin but reach out to rasp us all.

A brand is a voice and a product is a souvenir.

People don't paint for the hell of it. It's a deeply seated thing - a preoccupation - the whole of one's life.

Besides the practical knowledge which defeat offers, there are important personality profits to be taken.