The Gods themselves cannot recall their gifts.
If all the people who have been hurt by the war were to exclude joy from their lives, it would almost be as if they had died.
Growing old is partly an inescapable process of accommodation and adjustment.
Bisexuality is almost a necessary factor in artistic production; at any rate, the tinge of masculinity within me helped me in my work.
Pacifism simply is not a matter of calm looking on; it is work, hard work.
For me the Koenigsberg longshoremen had beauty; the Polish jimkes on their grain ships had beauty; the broad freedom of movement in the gestures of the common people had beauty. Middle-class people held no appeal for me at all.
To this day I do not know whether the power which has inspired my works is something related to religion, or is indeed religion itself.
It is no sin to be tempted; the wickedness lies in being overcome.
There are professions more harmful than industrial design but only a few of them
If I love myself I will express that love in my interactions with you, and then I am being impeccable with the word, because that action will produce a like reaction. If I love you, then you will love me. If I insult you, you will insult me. If I have gratitude for you , you will have gratitude for me. If I'm selfish with you, you will be selfish with me.
Nothing is staged. And nothing is already there. Everything is transformed through the camera.