identity Quotes

Every artist preserves deep within him a single source from which, throughout his lifetime, he draws what he is, and what he says. When the source dries up, the work withers and crumbles.

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

Every man, and for stronger reasons, every artist, wants to be recognized. So do I.

We are all special cases.

The day when I am no more than a writer I shall cease to be a writer.

We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die.

It is not your paintings I like, it is your painting.

Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on love.

A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?

The environment is everything that isn't me.