“Every true artist is at war with the world.”

“It is all true that war is an evil thing, but there is no technologies without wars in the world. The motto of war is competition.”

“A true artist doesn't change with the times. A true artist is already way ahead of the times. ”

“To be an artist at all is like living in Switzerland during a world war. To be an artist in Zurich, in 1917, implies a degree of self-absorption that would have glazed over the eyes of Narcissus.”

“In war everyone loses. This brutal truth can be seen in the eyes of every solider in every world.”

“The true artist has no style. Style is an exterior decorative element. The true artist as servant of his matter, transcends it with an absolute freedom.”

“Every war already carries within it the war that will answer it. Every war is answered by a new war, until everything is smashed. That is why I am so wholeheartedly for a radical end to this madness and why my only hope is in world socialism.”

“I've been accused of every death except the casualty list of the World War.”

“Every work of art is aggressive, Isabella. And every artist's life is a small war or a large one, beginning with oneself and one's limitations. To achieve anything you must first have ambition and then talent, knowledge, and finally the opportunity.”

“Every child is an artist until he's told he's not an artist.”