“Tolerance should really only be a passing attitude: it should lead to appreciation. To tolerate is to offend.”

“There is no day that one should skipBut one should seize, without distrust,The possible with iron grip”

“They should be ashamed of themselves, all these sober people!”

“I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.”

“One should not search for anything behind the phenomena. They themselves are the message.”

“There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.”

“What I have lately said of painting is equally true with respect to poetry. It is only necessary for us to know what is really excellent, and venture to give it expression; and that is saying much in few words. To-day I have had a scene, which, if literally related, would, make the most beautiful idyl in the world. But why should I talk of poetry and scenes and idyls? Can we never take pleasure in nature without having recourse to art?”