The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.

The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

Beauty should be edible, or not at all.

An elegant woman is a woman who despises you and has no hair under her arms.

What is important is to spread confusion, not eliminate it.

Everyone should eat hashish, but only once.

People love mystery, and that is why they love my paintings.

This grandiose tragedy that we call modern art.

It really seems to me that in the midst of great tragedy, there is always the horrible possibility that something terribly funny will happen.

Have you ever been homesick for someplace that doesn'tactually exist anymore? Someplace that exists only in yourmind?

True unalienable rights do not require one to trample other unalienable rights.

Everything in life is luck.

I think of myself as an ambassador of the arts. In my heart of hearts, I know the world would be a more peaceful, tender place if we were more moved by the poetry around us.

The fact is that the culture does not have only positive effects on our intellectual and moral functions but also negative effects.

Mexican writer and diplomat, "Pasado en claro" ("A Draft of Shadows") You learn something the day you die. You learn how to die.

God is not disillusioned with us. He never had any illusions to begin with.

We come. We go. And inbetween we try to understand.

The best teachers that I had were always the ones I never wanted to disappoint.