I have tried to establish the right to dare everything.

Beautiful colors exist, though we do not realize it, and are glimpsed behind the veil that modesty has drawn over them.

Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity!

I sit at my door, smoking a cigarette and sipping my absinthe, and I enjoy every day without a care in the world

Nature has mysterious infinities and imaginative power. It is always varying the productions it offers to us. The artist himself is one of nature's means.

I am a great artist and I know it. It's because of what I am that I have endured so much suffering, so as to pursue my vocation, otherwise I would consider myself a rogue - which is what many people think I am, for that matter.

Let everything about you breathe the calm and peace of the soul.