“Physiological expenditure is a superficial way of self-expression. People who incline toward physical love accomplish nothing at all.”

Picasso is a painter, so am I; Picasso is Spanish, so am I; Picasso is a communist, neither am I.

It is either easy or impossible.

I am a contradictory and paradoxical man.

The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.

If you understand your painting beforehand, you might as well not paint it.

My art is capable of liberating man from the tyranny of the practical, rational world.

The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.

So little of what could happen does happen.

There are some days when I think I’m going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.

I want to perceive and understand the hidden powers and laws of things, in order to have them in my power.

To be interesting, one has to provoke.

I’m going to live forever. Geniuses don’t die.

The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.

You have to systematically create confusion, it sets creativity free. Everything that is contradictory creates life

The fact I myself do not understand what my paintings mean while I am painting them does not imply that they are meaningless.

I am making things that inspire me with a profound emotion and I am trying to paint them honestly.

Without a game plan and without a strong sense of faith in what you’re doing, it’s gonna be really hard to accomplish anything.

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!

Success does not mean achievement, but a feeling of accomplishment.

To accomplish much you must first lose everything.

I have lived long enough both in years and in accomplishments.

If everything is perfect, you would never learn and you would never grow. Life is not so much what you accomplish as what you overcome.

You can’t accomplish wonderful things with your life if you have no idea of what they are.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.