"Just as Leonardo da Vinci studied human anatomy and dissected corpses, so I try to dissect souls."

"My art is an attempt to record the history of my soul."

"The strange light illuminated all those night-time meetings that took place in every imaginable sort of café; the lips mouthing defiant words, heedless of restraint or consequence, often overbearing a…"

"What I am seeking is not the real and not the unreal but rather the unconscious, the mystery of the instinctive in the human race."

"The rich man who gives, steals twice over. First he steals the money and then the hearts of men."