The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.

The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.

A trait which differentiated New York from European cities was the incredible freedom and ease in which life, including sexual life, could be carried on, on many levels.

As I go to sleep I remember what my father said-that one can never be sure if one will awake. The way my health is now, this is becoming more and more real.

I look back into past history, the stored experiences or products of the imagination. I look no further forward than the evening.