Whatever is in common is true; but likeness is false.

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.

Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth.

This was like being in one of those National Geographic magazines. We were among the natives now.

The smartest thing I ever said was "Help Me!"

In universities and intellectual circles, academics can guarantee themselves popularity - or, which is just as satisfying, unpopularity - by being opinionated rather than by being learned.

Sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O Union, strong and great.

I don't know about anyone else, but if I had problems or issues maybe I wouldn't feel as comfortable talking about them in a group.

So the nature required to make a really noble Guardian of our commonwealth will be swift and strong, spirited, and philosophic.

A mighty, eternal and incomprehensible force pushes us all forward. But while all are so being pushed, many linger and look back. Unconsciously, they oppose this force.

You have to plan a lot and you have to be really smart about how you're spending your money.

Tears harden lust, though marble wear with raining.