Art just consists in making us swallow the commonplaces by charming us eternally.
To live, to have so much ambition, to suffer, to cry, to fight and, at the end, forgetfulness ... as if I had never existed.
Let us love dogs; let us love only dogs! Men and cats are unworthy creatures.
To a woman who knows her own mind men can only be a minor consideration.
Soul is as necessary in a painting as body.
They who see only what they wish to see in those around them are very fortunate.