“A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual. ”

“what makes a work of fiction safe from larvae and rust is not its social importance but its art, only its art”

“It is important to foster individuality, for only the individual can produce the new ideas.”

“What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is related only to objects and not to individuals, or to life. That art is something which is specialized or which is done by experts who are artists. But couldn't everyone's life become a work of art? Why should the lamp or the house be an art object, but not our life?”

“Art is only important to the extent that it aids in the liberation of our people.”

“The clown has great importance as part of the search for what is laughable and ridiculous in man. We should put the emphasis on the rediscovery of our own individual clown, the one that has grown-up within us and which society does not allow us to express.”