“We must not imitate that which we seek to create.”

“There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain.”

“Painting is a nail to which I fasten my ideas.”

“Once an object has been incorporated in a picture it accepts a new destiny.”

“Reality only reveals itself when it is illuminated by a ray of poetry.”

“Art upsets science reassures.”

“War... is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror.”

“The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.”

“External nature is only internal nature writ large.”

“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect fo...”

“Of all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the cruelest is the one called love.”

“Don't cry, I'm sorry to have deceived you so much, but that's how life is.”

“There is only one limitation that exists in our minds, which can indeed reduce the speed of our progress; that is the limitation of our understanding”

“Every day is an opportunity to realise the wonder that exists in the world.”

“In our lifetimes, we can only know a small portion of what exists. The world is endless and its treasures are inexhaustible.”