Time is the most terrible, the most discouraging, the most unconquerable of all obstacles, and one that may exist when no other does.

To a woman who knows her own mind men can only be a minor consideration.

Art ... is as much a source of happiness for the beginner as for the master. One forgets everything in one's work.

one life would not suffice, mine especially. To touch everything and leave nothing after oneself! Ah! my God! I hope better than that. Ah! I am very cowardly, and under the blow of such a terror I am ready to believe in priests.

Art just consists in making us swallow the commonplaces by charming us eternally.

Time is the most terrible, the most discouraging, the most unconquerable of all obstacles, and one that may exist when no other does.

When I die my death will be caused by indignation at the stupidity of human nature.