"I always encourage people to reproduce my paintings because I find the reproductions much better than the originals."

"I believe in the existence of angels. I have seen them."

"The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot."

"The only difference between a good painting and a bad painting is that a good painting can be sold."

"Cannibalism is one of the most evident manifestations of tenderness."