“Censorship is advertising paid by the government.”

“Put yourself into life and never lose your openness, your childish enthusiasm throughout the journey that is life, and things will come your way.”

“No matter what happens, always Keep your childhood innocence. It's the most important thing.”

“All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster's autobiography.”

“You have to live spherically - in many directions. Never lose your childish enthusiasm - and things will come your way.”

“If there were a little more silence, if we all kept quiet...maybe we could understand something.”

“I don't believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all. If there's one thing that's dangerous for an artist, it's precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and all the rest of it.”