"People in general are scared to death of the war and all the exhibition have been a failure, because the rich - don't want to buy anything."

"I think that little by little I'll be able to solve my problems and survive."

"I hope the leaving is joyful; and I hope never to return."

"I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best"

"I drank to drown my pain, but the damned pain learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good behavior."

"I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy as long as I can paint."

"There are women who are for all your 'times of life.' They're the most wonderful sort."

"It is better to wear out than to rust out."

"Spiritual nature, like bodily nature, will be served; deny it food and it will gobble poison."

"His horror is wild, but it is a sane horror."

"Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them."

"All that is in this world is vanity, but to love God and to serve only Him."