One day I noticed that I could go on working my art motif no matter what the weather might be. I no longer needed the sun, for I took my light everywhere with me.

Truth exists; only lies are invented.

Thanks to the oval I have discovered the meaning of the horizontal and the vertical.

There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain.

Art is a wound turned into light.

The painter thinks in terms of form and color. The goal is not to be concerned with the reconstitution of an anecdotal fact, but with constitution of a pictorial fact.

The painting is finished when the idea has disappeared.

Reality only reveals itself when it is illuminated by a ray of poetry.

A painting without something disturbing in it – what's that?.

Art is polymorphic. A picture appears to each onlooker under a different guise.

If we had never met Picasso, would Cubism have been what it is? I think not. The meeting with Picasso was a circumstance in our lives.

Thinking is simply an orderly process of asking yourself questions.

I think actors always like to think they don't bring the character home, and then their family all laugh and tell you otherwise.

I write a lot by sound. One sound leads me to another. These sounds aren't random; they have their own logic.

A novel is too much of a commitment. I tend to peruse Twitter - I check to see if I had any mentions and read the latest messages.

Men would bless you or curse you; The curse, a protest against failure, The blessing, a hymn of the hunter Who comes back from the hills With provision for his mate.

It is privilege that causes evil in the world, not wickedness, and not men.

Every worthy act is difficult. Ascent is always difficult. Descent is easy and often slippery.

Platonic friendship-the interval between the introduction and the first kiss.

I want to go to there.

Everyone faces difficulties; not everyone looks for the opportunities in every difficulty.