I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.

The emotions are sometimes so strong that I work without knowing it. The strokes come like speech.

Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that it gives energy.

The sight of stars makes me dream.

We have very beautiful bad weather here at present - rain, wind, thunder - but with splendid effects; that's why I like it.

Let me stop there, but my God, how beautiful Shakespeare is, who else is as mysterious as he is; his language and method are like a brush trembling with excitement and ecstasy. But one must learn to read, just as one must learn to see and learn to live.