"I would rather write 10,000 notes than a single letter of the alphabet."

"Damn your eyes! You are an ass!"

"Ah, it seemed to me impossible to leave the world until I had produced all that I felt called upon to produce."

"There ought to be but one large art warehouse in the world, to which the artist could carry his art-works, and from which he could carry away whatever he needed. As it is, one must be half a tradesman…"

"Genius is composed of ninety percent perspiration and ten percent inspiration."