For the artist, the color, the bouquet, the tinkling of the spoon on the saucer, are things in the highest degree. He stops at the quality of the sound or the form. He returns to it constantly and is enchanted with it.

Hell is other people at breakfast.

All I can do is make the best of what I am, become accustomed to it, evaluate the possibilities, and take advantage of them the best I can.

I hate victims who respect their executioners.

I never could bear the idea of anyone's expecting something from me. It always made me want to do just the opposite.

I am myself and I am here.

The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you do best.