The best way to begin is to say: Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us have a look at his paintings.
“And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?”
“I was always a little unsteady in my self-belief. Then there was the Jewish thing. I love being Jewish, I have no problem with it at all. But it did become like a scar, with all these people saying you don't look it.”