"She had a profound and reverent passion for the truth."

"The most important thing is not to think about art, but to think about life."

"It is a curious fact that the more we know, the more we are aware of our ignorance."

"I have lost the power to be happy."

"Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency…"