The press is easier to strangle than to look in the eyes.

I am not sure I should have dared to start; but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.

There is no better exercise than to study and devour a picture, and then, without looking at it again, to attempt the next day to reproduce it.

Do not criticize your government when out of the country. Never cease to do so when at home

When you are going through hell, keep on going. Never never never give up.

Things do not get better by being left alone.

Never trust a man who has not a single redeeming vice.