I wish they would take me as I am.

What is true is that I have at times earned my own crust of bread, and at other times a friend has given it to me out of the goodness of his heart. I have lived whatever way I could, for better or for worse, taking things just as they came.

The large majority of people are asleep and do not wish to wake up.

You can feel the stars and the infinity of the sky since life, in spite of everything, is like a dream.

And painted portraits have a life of their own that comes from deep in the soul of the painter and where the machine can't go.

Sometimes art seems to be something very sublime, and, as you say, something sacred.

Love always causes trouble, that's true, but in its favour, it energizes.