There is neither painting, nor sculpture, nor music, nor poetry. The only truth is creation.

A portrait, to be a work of art, neither must nor may resemble the sitter... one must paint its atmosphere.

We must now learn to draw inspiration from the tangible miracles that surround us.

A time will come when the eye of man will perceive colors as feelings within itself.

These days I am obsessed by sculpture! I believe I have glimpsed a complete renovation of that mummified art.

The time has passed for our sensations in painting to be whispered. We wish them in the future to sing and re-echo upon our canvasses in deafening and triumphant flourishes.

All art critics are useless or harmful.

To paint a human figure you must not paint it; you must render the whole of its surrounding atmosphere.

With Michelangelo anatomical science is transformed into music. With him the human body is architectonic matter for the construction of dreams.

If men could get pregnant abortion would be a sacrament.

I've always been pretty patient so I usually don't mind waiting!

The comedy of each age holds up a mirror to the people of that age, a mirror that is unique.

If you take a life, I will take yours. Put me in charge, I will fix it.

Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.

Whenever "A" attempts by law to impose his moral standards upon "B," "A" is most likely a scoundrel.

Madness is never that far away. It's as close as saying yes to the wrong impulse.

I may have a feather duster down my pants.

Everyone who wears glasses (onstage) eventually takes them off. It becomes part of the evolution. It was actually kind of a battle for me to keep my glasses.

I will never regret not denouncing apartheid.