"I am not myself, I am my environment."

"It is difficult to know oneself, but it isn't easy to paint oneself either."

"He understands, that goes without saying, that he has had a bout of insanity and this thought grieves and revolts him at the same time."

"What is done in love is done well."

"The uglier, older, meaner, iller, poorer I get, the more I wish to take my revenge by doing brilliant colour, well arranged, resplendent."