“The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.” — Gustave Flaubert Quote

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant.

Style is as much under the words as in the words. It is as much the soul as it is the flesh of a work.

Of all possible debauches, traveling is the greatest that I know; that's the one they invented when they got tired of all the others.

There are neither good nor bad subjects. From the point of view of pure Art, you could almost establish it as an axiom that the subject is irrelevant, style itself being an absolute manner of seeing things.

Industry executives sacrificed art for what sells and mega-stars now saturate the market with the same tired lyrics.

I was the least Pop of all the Pop artists.

I decided on the spot that I would be an artist, and I assure you, it was no ordinary artist I had in mind.

With just one polka dot, nothing can be achieved. In the universe, there is the sun, the moon, the earth, and hundreds of millions of stars. All of us live in the unfathomable mystery and infinitude of the universe. Pursuing 'philosophy of the universe' through art under such circumstances has led me to what I call 'stereotypical repetition.'

Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.