“This grandiose tragedy that we call modern art.”

The true painter must be able, with the most usual things, to have the most unusual ideas.

It is mostly with your blood, Gala that I paint my pictures

I think that the sweetest freedom for a man on earth consists in being able to live, if he likes, without having the need to work.

God is present in everything.

God invented man, and man invented the metric system.

Give me two hours a day of activity, and I’ll take the other twenty-two in dreams.

Let my enemies devour each other.

The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.

The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.

Everyone should eat hashish, but only once.

Everyone should eat hashish, but only once.

The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.

The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.

The desire to survive and the fear of death are artistic sentiments

For me, love must be ugly, looks must be divine, and death must be beautiful.

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.

When I was a kid, I was told rock n’ roll wasn’t music. It wasn’t art. Queen was my proof, my evidence, that these people were wrong – and they meant everything to me.

You stand your ground and you perform your art. That’s what the artist does. The artist is about perfection.

Techniques vary, art stays the same; it is a transposition of nature at once forceful and sensitive.

Living is the art of loving. Loving is the art of caring. Caring is the art of sharing. Sharing is the art of living. If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

I keep making art out of his mistakes.

Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.

Every time I’m out and somebody tells me they love what I do, that’s what I do it for. That’s like my vice. That’s like my high. When people understand that this is who I really am, and to be appreciated for your craft .

I had a vision of bringing two cultures together, and I have said this in the past: my goal is to bring Morocco and India together through music and art.