Max Beckmann

What I want to show in my work is the idea which hides itself behind so-called reality.

It was so wonderful outside that even the wild senselessness of this enormous death, whose music I hear again and again, could not disturb me from my great enjoyment!

Art is creative for the sake of realization, not for amusement... for transfiguration, not for the sake of play.

India is desperately romantic, utterly unashamed of its sentimentality, its generosity, its fierce pride and massive heart.

I hate the bad rap that people give my parents. Because they are just parents, really, at the end of the day trying to stand up for their daughter and themselves.