My paintings seem to make the strongest impression on people who are, well, who are crazy.

There is hope and a kind of beauty in there somewhere, if you look for it.

A good many people think as I do. If they like my work they are creative . . . or they are crazy.

You get talent when you discover the ground of your pain.

Some people say my work is often depressing and pessimistic, with the emphasis on death, blood, overcrowding, strange beings and so on, but I don't really think it is.

The Dutch customs once thought my pictures were photos. Where on earth did they think I could have photographed my subjects? In Hell, perhaps?

I like elegance. I like art nouveau; a stretched line or curve. These things are very much in the foreground of my work.

The creature we finally ended up building is biomechanical to the extent that he has physically grown into, or maybe even out of, his seat, - he's integrated totally into the function he performs.

You know I was curious - I was interested in all kinds of mystery or deeper meanings in the paintings because I myself have not analyzed why they have turned out like this or like that.

You know, it was just another presentation of my work, and a funny one, because the cards are quite different from the normal Tarot deck, no?

To wear something like that your whole life is the largest compliment someone can pay to you as an artist.

The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.

What is easy is seldom excellent.

The more you know, the more you know you don't know.

I can count on one hand the directors who actually directed me.

No one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend.

To be a recipient of a communication is to have an enlarged and changed experience.

It is getting to the point where the mark of international distinction and service to humanity is no longer the Nobel Peace Price, but an espionage indictment from the US Department of Justice.

Let's not forget that God never gets tired of forgiving so let's never get tired of asking for forgiveness.

We are workers, not master builders, ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own.

To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.