“Art is not a mirror held up to realitybut a hammer with which to shape it.”

“Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.”

“All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.”

“It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.”

“As crimes pile up, they become invisible.”

“The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What's left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.”

“When something seems ‘the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up.”