"I'm having a very bad time just now; everything is going wrong, and I'm very much afraid I shall have to give it all up."

"I'm completely worn out. I need a long vacation."

"No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition."

"What keeps my heart awake is colorful silence."

"You say you think of savings all the time but you cannot seem to manage to,' and he suggests it will do the children good to go without."