"Soldiers! Don't give yourselves to brutes - men who despise you - enslave you - who regiment your lives - tell you what to do - what to think and what to feel! Who drill you - diet you - treat you lik…"

"The creative process is a mystery. I don't know how it works, and I don't want to know. I just want to do it."

"I'm a clown, and I'm proud of it. It's a noble profession."

"I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it."

"I suppose that is the secret of my success. I have never been afraid to make a fool of myself."