Scientific perspective forces the objects in a picture to disappear away from the beholder instead of bringing them within his reach as painting should.

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.

What about those Promises of yours to never leave me? she asked, stammering too much this time. His cruel smirk was as gut-wrenching as his words— Promises are meant to be broken, sweetheart.

It's said that Putin can't stand Hillary Clinton. I don't know that for a fact, but it certainly looks that way, but I think her approach to Russia stands up pretty well.

The New Orleans bands, you see, didn't play with a flat sound. They'd shade the music. After the band had played with the two or three horns blowing, they'd let the rhythm have it.

Without fear and illness, I could never have accomplished all I have

He is a goal scorer, not a natural born one - not yet. That takes time.

I am not so think as you drunk I am.

It is indeed a million times better to appear untrue before the world than to be untrue to ourselves.

I think it's a problem if you don't compensate people that have got no money, because I really feel you're exploiting them.

I love New York. It's one of my favorite cities.

All revolutions are spiritual at the source. All my activities have the sole purpose of achieving a union of hearts.