No artist is normal. Who happen to be normal cannot be an artist.

Normal people do not create art.

Nature always resists the artist at the beginning.

Sometimes men are generous and forgiving, sometimes angry and blind.

After all, the world is still great.

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.]

Do not call yourself old. A man is as old as the creative force within him.