"A German officer visited Picasso in his Paris studio during the Second World War. On the table was a photo of Guernica. 'Did you do this?' asked the German. 'No,' replied Picasso, 'you did.'"

"I'm a pessimist, but I'm an optimistic pessimist. I believe things will go wrong, but I'm happy about it."

"If we only change reality in order to realise our dreams, and do not change these dreams themselves, sooner or later we regress back to the old reality."

"If you have reasons to love someone, you don't love them."

"I don't believe in happy endings. I believe in interesting endings."