"I am not a surrealist. I have never painted dreams. I have painted my own reality."

"There is nothing to do but put up with it. I have a cat's luck."

"Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light. Tragedy is the most ridiculous thing."

"My life has been one long series of accidents."

"The day, or the hour, or the minute that I lived would be mine and everyone else's - my madness would not be an escape from 'reality'."