"I paint pictures that make me die of joy."

"At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since."

"The two most important things in the world are sex and death. And I am interested in both."

"I adore my wife. She is a genius. She is a saint. She is a monster."

"The only difference between a good artist and a bad artist is that a good artist steals his ideas from other artists, while a bad artist steals them from himself."