"Since I don't smoke, I decided to grow a mustache—it is better for the health. However, I always carried a jewel-studded cigarette case in which, instead of tobacco, were carefully placed several must…"

"I am a very serious man. I am a very serious artist. But I am also a very serious clown."

"This, this, this, this is a mad genius, you can tell right away."

"The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret."

"I am painting pictures which make me die for joy, I am creating with an absolute naturalness, without the slightest aesthetic concern, I am making things that inspire me with a profound emotion and I …"