Now there is fame! Of all — hunger, misery, the incomprehension by the public — fame is by far the worst. It is the castigation of God by the artist. It is sad. It is...

I want to live like a poor man with lots of money.

Taste is the enemy of creativeness

I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.

The people no longer seek consolation in art. But the refined people, the rich, the idlers seek the new, the extraordinary, the extravagant, the scandalous.

It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.

Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? no. Just as one can never learn how to paint.

If I paint a wild horse, you might not see the horse… but surely you will see the wildness!

When they tell me I’m too old to do something, I attempt it immediately.

Disciples be damned. It’s not interesting. It’s only the masters that matter. Those who create.

There’s nothing so similar to one poodle dog as another poodle dog, and that goes for women, too

If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes.

The world today doesn’t make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

To draw you must close your eyes and sing.

I do not seek. I find.

Drink to me.