Savoir souffrir sans se plaindre, ça c'est la seule chose pratique, c'est la grande science, la leçon à apprendre, la solution du problème de la vie.[Knowing how to suffer without complaining is the only practical thing, it's the great science, the lesson to learn, the solution to the problem of life.]

Drawing is the poet's written line, set down to see if there be a story worth telling, a truth worth revealing.

I will be an artist. I am sure I will. [Vincent Van Gogh]

Someday my paintings will be hanging in the Louvre. [Vincent Van Gogh]

Being mad is even pleasant. But only a madman understands that.

It's so easy to love. The only hard thing is to be loved. [Vincent Van Gogh]

Art is amoral; so is life. For me there are no obscene pictures or books; there are only poorly conceived and poorly executed ones.