To define a thing is to substitute the definition for the thing itself.

Truth exists; only lies are invented.

Thanks to the oval I have discovered the meaning of the horizontal and the vertical.

There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain.

Art is a wound turned into light.

The painter thinks in terms of form and color. The goal is not to be concerned with the reconstitution of an anecdotal fact, but with constitution of a pictorial fact.

The painting is finished when the idea has disappeared.

Reality only reveals itself when it is illuminated by a ray of poetry.

A painting without something disturbing in it – what's that?.

Art is polymorphic. A picture appears to each onlooker under a different guise.

If we had never met Picasso, would Cubism have been what it is? I think not. The meeting with Picasso was a circumstance in our lives.

An old fashioned outfit is not a costume, it's a comedy.

The essence of leadership is not giving things or even providing visions. It is offering oneself and one's spirit.

I studied mathematics which is the madness of reason.

Life has loveliness to sell, all beautiful and splendid things, blue waves whitened on a cliff, soaring fire that sways and sings, and children's faces looking up, holding wonder like a cup.

Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes.

Our only security is our ability to change.

Meditation does not mean you have to grin every moment of your life, but to learn to let your bones smile.

You know, they say in France that translation is like a woman: she is either beautiful or faithful.

I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself.

The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being.