The artist beholds in nature more than she herself Nature is conscious of.
You wanted to look at life for yourself - but you were not allowed; you were punished for your wish. You were ground in the very mill of the conventional.
If one is strong, one loves the more strongly.
When you forget to eat, you know you're alive.
Always keep a window in the attic open; not just cracked: open.
Of course what he most intensely dreams of is being taken out on walks, and the more you are able to indulge him the more will he adore you and the more all the latent beauty of his nature will come out.