Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

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.

Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.

The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.

The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.

Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.

Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory.