“Beauty should be edible, or not at all.”

When we are asleep in this world, we are awake in another.

Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory.

Freedom of any kind is the worst for creativity.

Do not be afraid of perfection – you will never attain it.

Genius has to pass over madness and madness over genius.

The reason some portraits don’t look true to life is that some people make no effort to resemble their pictures.

Everything that is contradictory creates life.

There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.

Don’t bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.

I don’t smoke, I decided to grow a mustache – it is better for the health.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

Knowing how to look is a way of inventing.

It’s better to have loved and lost than do forty pounds of laundry a week.

I am not strange. I am just not normal.

Begin by learning to draw and paint like the old masters. After that, you can do as you like; everyone will respect you.

Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.

When love flows with freedom there is beauty. When love flows with dependence there is ugliness.

The world has plenty of room, riches, money and beauty. Let us begin by dividing it more fairly.

Live now. When you are eating, eat. When you are loving, love. when you are talking with someone, talk. When you are looking at a flower, look. Catch the beauty of the moment!

Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.

I wanted to tell you that my whole being opened for you. Since I fell in love with you everything is transformed and is full of beauty – love is like an aroma, like a current, like rain.

If one truly loves nature one finds beauty everywhere.

In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!

I truly, truly believe that beauty is something that comes from within.