It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.
I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
I seated ugliness on my knee, and almost immediately grew tired of it.
Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory.
The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad.
There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.
Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them.
I have Dalinian thought: the one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous.
The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
"No masterpiece was ever created by a lazy artist."
