Nothing is ever so good or so bad in reality as it is in the anticipation.
They who see only what they wish to see in those around them are very fortunate.
When I die my death will be caused by indignation at the stupidity of human nature.
Art just consists in making us swallow the commonplaces by charming us eternally.
Soul is as necessary in a painting as body.
Life, that is Paris! Paris, that is life!