Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.

Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.

Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.

It takes a long time to become young.

Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme.

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.

There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats.

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