Being an artist is being an isolated individual.

Everything is in constant flux, from state to state, from good to bad and back again... only in transmutation, perpetual motion, lies truth.

A creative train of thought is set off by: the unexpected, the unknown, the accidental, the disorderly, the absurd, the impossible.

We are not disillusioned because we have no illusions... What we have and what is our strength, is our joy in life... in all its amoral aspects. That is also the basis of our contemporary art.

Beautiful, ugly, impressive, disgusting, meaningless, grim, contradictory etc … It makes no difference, as long as it is life, vigorously pouring forth.

We are sparks that must glow as brightly as possible.

To break and be able to grow together again in a better way: that is the difficult art.

The significance of something lies in its presence here and now. I don't care what it has been or what it will become. It is the experience of things that matters, the confrontation with things.

To make the material speak to man in the name of man, this is the aim and reality of art.

The artist's interest cannot be restricted to a single field; he must seek the highest perception of everything, of the whole and its details.

I act with full responsibility and after extensive reflection.

The strength of your obstacle determines the weight of your potentials. The greater your potentials, the heavier your dunamis power must be.

Invalids live longest.

Newspaper readership is still growing in India.

Is there any vanity greater than the vanity of those who believe themselves without it?

It takes a real man to make a true confession-a Chocolate Soldier will excuse or cloak his sin.

If you want to go quickly, go by yourself - if you want to go farther, go in a group.

Global warming threatens the survival of our species.

That's when it really came together for me that I was in a Bond film, to have my own spy car!

Whatever you dream is you find a way to get there, even if you're not paid a lot. Do it for the love of what you do.

It is a wicked thing to be neutral between right and wrong.