I shall be so brief that I have already finished |
In 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. |
Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to try to make of surrealism something as solid, complete and classic as the works of museums. |
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. |
It is either easy or impossible. |
It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning |
It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself |
Let my enemies devour each other. |
Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory. |
Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them. |
Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them. |
Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality. |
Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation. |
Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision. |
Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic |