Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

I paint the truth, without compromise.

I am a painter of the fleeting moment.

I paint the life of the forgotten.

I am a painter of the human drama.

I paint the truth, as I see it.

I am a painter of the vibrant life.

I paint the life of the passionate.

I am a painter of the human comedy and tragedy.

I paint the truth, with all its imperfections.

I am a painter of the soul of Paris.

I paint with the delicacy of a harpist, but with the force of a blacksmith.

The night is the true face of Paris.

Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder, but the liver smaller.

In the Moulin Rouge, every dance tells a story of desire.

My legs may be short, but my vision reaches the stars.

Posters are the poetry of the streets.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but vice is in the soul of the city.

I drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned to swim.

The cabaret is where dreams and nightmares embrace.

Art should capture the moment before it flees.