Read moreThe thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.
Read moreThe secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
Read moreHave no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.
Read moreI do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.
Read moreWe are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art.
Read moreIn order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.