We Are All Hungry And Thirsty For

If I'm Going To Be Anything More Than Average, If Anyone Is Going To Remember Me, Then I Need To Go Further, In Art, In Life, In Everything!

Eroticism, Hallucinogenic Drugs, Nuclear Science, Gaudi's Gothic Architecture, My Love Of Gold - There Is A Common Denominator In All Of It: God Is Present In Everything. The Same Magic Is At The Heart Of All Things, And All Roads Lead To The Same Revelation: We Are Children Of God, And The Entire Universe Tends Towards The Perfection Of Mankind.

At The Age Of Six I Wanted To Be A Cook. At Seven I Wanted To Be Napoleon. And My Ambition Has Been Growing Steadily Ever Since.

Now Sexual Obsessions Are The Basis Of Artistic Creation. Accumulated Frustration Leads To What Freud Calls The Process Of Sublimation. Anything That Does Not Take Place Erotically Sublimates Itself In The Work Of Art

It Is Good Taste, And Good Taste Alone, That Possesses The Power To Sterilize And Is Always The First Handicap To Any Creative Functioning.