"People in general are scared to death of the war and all the exhibition have been a failure, because the rich - don't want to buy anything."

"I think that little by little I'll be able to solve my problems and survive."

"I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration."

"I hope the leaving is joyful; and I hope never to return."

"I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best"

"I drank to drown my pain, but the damned pain learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good behavior."

"I was walking down the street wearing glasses when the prescription ran out."

"Use missteps as stepping stones to deeper understanding and greater achievement."

"Between the desire And the spasm Between the potency And the existence Between the essence And the descent Falls the Shadow"

"Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable; what it is or what it means can never be said."

"Create like a god. Command like a king. Work like a slave!"

"'The harp at Nature's advent strung has never ceased to play; the song the stars of morning sung has never died away.'"