FridaySep 18, 2026
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them.
The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
The only difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad.
Wars never hurt anybody except the people who die.
I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the subject grow to look like his portrait.
Have no fear of perfection you'll never reach it.
Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation.
Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.
Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.
There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.
Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.
The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad.
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