“The difference between false memories and true ones is thesame as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look themost real, the most brilliant.”

“A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others.”

“The sole difference between myself and a madman is the fact that I am not mad!”

“The reason some portraits don't look true to life is that some people make no effort to resemble their pictures.”

“Since I don't smoke, I decided to grow a mustache - it is better for the health.However, I always carried a jewel-studded cigarette case in which, instead of tobacco, were carefully placed several mustaches, Adolphe Menjou style. I offered them politely to my friends: "Mustache? Mustache? Mustache?"Nobody dared to touch them. This was my test regarding the sacred aspect of mustaches.”

“One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.”

“La gente debería verse más como sus retratos y menos como en la vida real”