Listen, my friend, all forms that exist in God's universe can be found in the human figure. A man's body and face can tell everything he represents. So how could I ever exhaust my interest in it?

To try to understand another human being, to grapple for his ultimate depths, that is the most dangerous of human endeavors.

Pleasure is one of the most important things in life, as important as food or drink.

Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.

He who loves lives, he who lives works, and he who works has bread.

I do not know a better cure for mental illness than a book.

Loneliness is a kind of prison. [Vincent Van Gogh]