A real Rembrandt hung in a millionaire's home elevator would undoubtedly make for kitsch.

Kitsch may be conveniently defined as a specifically aesthetic form of lying.

Kitsch lends itself to a definition in terms of a systematic attempt to fly from daily reality: in time and in space.

Don't we all have an itch for kitsch?

Having friends was really important, wasn't it? Even if sometimes they did stuff which upset you?

Journalists prize independence - not teamwork.

How had I not seen that there was nothing more important than an execution, and that when you come right down to it, it was the only thing a man could truly be interested in?

Bob Dylan's one of the greatest blues singers of the western world; ancient art, on-the-spot improvisation, mind quickness, endless variation, classical formulae, prophetic vision, mighty wind-horse.

The more featureless and commonplace a crime is, the more difficult it is to bring it home.

I don't need fame any more. People are less interested in me in terms of celebrity. I'm happy to see a new generation being the media focus. I'm happy my day is done. It's over.

The effects of color are controlled by intuition.

I do enjoy wearing a little heel when I'm at work, but when I'm running around with my son, it's a different story!

I moved into a nice houseboat in Little Venice when I was 15 years old. I found a girlfriend called Monday and a houseboat called Friday, so I had the week sewn up.

Bold words and bolder deeds are what we want. Awake, awake, great ones! The world is burning with misery. Can you sleep?