"Next, I'm attempting to do dusty thistles with a great swarm of butterflies swirling above them."

"I am a tool in the hands of nature."

"And as for the causes and consequences of said illness, I think I shall be wise to leave the solving of these problems to the fortuitous discussions of the Dutch catechists, that is to say whether I a…"

"So don't study and swot too much, because that makes for sterility. Enjoy yourself too much rather than too little, and don't take art or love too seriously either — one can do little about it oneself…"

"For the great doesn't happen through impulse alone, and is a succession of little things that are brought together."