The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell.

The most important thing in life is to see to it that you are never beaten.

There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West has woman.

Be careful -- with quotations, you can damn anything.

What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets.

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

An art book is a museum without walls.

Art is a revolt against fate. All art is a revolt against man's fate.

Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.