Art is nothing but humanized science.

One of the main causes of our artistic decline lies beyond doubt in the separation of art and science.

Philosophers and aestheticians may offer elegant and profound definitions of art and beauty, but for the painter they are all summed up in the phrase: To create a harmony.

In our young days, when Modigliani and I first came to Paris, in 1906, nobody was very clear about ideas. But unconsciously, we knew quite a lot of things, of which we became aware later on.

The road to success is always under construction

I am not a fan of books.

Your eight is someone's infinity.

If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.

He looked exactly the same when he was alive, only he was vertical.

An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.

When Blur first started and we were playing Manchester the Hacienda was the place to go. That was where a lot of exciting stuff was happening and London was pretty dead.

Superstition changes a man to a beast, fanaticism makes him a wild beast, and despotism a beast of burden.

Accepting that the world is full of uncertainty and ambiguity does not and should not stop people from being pretty sure about a lot of things.

Words are the birds that break cover and show your enemy where you're hiding.