"A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened."

"To suffer is one thing, to suffer and understand why is another."

"It is not the rebel who is the criminal, but the law that makes him so."

"Don't walk in front of me… I may not follow. Don't walk behind me… I may not lead. Walk beside me… just be my friend."

"Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object."