"The true purpose of art is to make us feel alive."

"The angels of fear, sorrow, and death stood by my side since the day I was born."

"The camera cannot compete with the brush and palette, it is far too clumsy."

"I was stretched to the limit—nature was screaming in my blood… After that I gave up hope ever of being able to love again."

"Is it because she took my first kiss that she took the perfume of life from me?"