The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee.

The Louvre is a morgue; you go there to identify your friends.

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.

Be yourself. The world worships the original.

Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.

Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.

The composer opens the cage door for arithmetic, the draftsman gives geometry its freedom.

Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.

Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts.

Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own destruction.

The camera adds a certain sheen to things. Something about being frozen in time really makes things sparkle.

This whole huddle thing really pisses me off.

I don't want anyone to expect anything from any of my films, I just want them to see it and then tell me what they think.

Pinot noir is the ultimate wine to have at the table. It's a white wine masquerading as red...[while] chardonnay is a red masquerading as a white.

Man's upward progress means ever increasing difficulty, which is to be welcomed.

The man who eats to live, who is friends with the five powers - earth, water, ether, sun and air - who is a servant of God, the Creator of all these, ought not to fall ill.

thank god for pure natural strength

I don't weigh myself.

Don't cry, you will have good memories from now on.