“But I feel vanity is a part of art and the non-vain are really non-artistic.”
“In art vanity is equally fatal to sympathetic feeling, whether on the part of the artist or the public.”
“The art of communicating is to speak with a non judging sensitivity and mean it rather than impulsively verbalizing whatever feelings arise; there's no better way to make a point.”
“I was not, I was, I am not, I care not. (Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo)”
“Chi è dappertutto, non è da nessuna parte.”
“I don't believe any real artists have ever been non-political. They may have been insensitive to this particular plight or insensitive to that, but they were political, because that's what an artist is―a politician.”