When I Saw I Was Under Attack

Each One Of Us, In His Timidity, Has A Limit Beyond Which He Is Outraged. It Is Inevitable That He Who By Concentrated Application Has Extended This Limit For Himself, Should Arouse The Resentment Of Those Who Have Accepted Conventions Which, Since Accepted By All, Require No Initiative Of Application. And This Resentment Generally Takes The Form Of Meaningless Laughter Or Of Criticism, If Not Persecution.

I Paint What Cannot Be Photographed, That Which Comes From The Imagination Or From Dreams, Or From An Unconscious Drive.

The Streets Are Full Of Admirable Craftsmen, But So Few Practical Dreamers.

L Photograph What L Do Not Wish To Paint And L Paint That Which L Cannot Photograph.

Nature Does Not Create Works Of Art. It Is We, And The Faculty Of Interpretation Peculiar To The Human Mind, That See Art.