"People in general are scared to death of the war and all the exhibition have been a failure, because the rich - don't want to buy anything."

"I think that little by little I'll be able to solve my problems and survive."

"I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration."

"I hope the leaving is joyful; and I hope never to return."

"I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best"

"I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy as long as I can paint."

"People don't start wars, governments do."

"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds."

"Fear secretes acids; but love and trust are sweet juices."

"No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it."

"To sway an audience, you must watch them as you speak."

"Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable."