Take care not to step on the foot of a learned idiot. His bite is incurable.

Oh yes! He loved yellow, did good Vincent...When the two of us were together in Arles, both of us insane, and constantly at war over beautiful colors, I adored red; where could I find a perfect vermilion?

A young man who is unable to commit a folly is already an old man.

There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite.

Many excellent cooks are spoilt by going into the arts.

Nothing so resembles a daub as a masterpiece.

I shut my eyes in order to see.