"May God continue to give you the strength to build your temple of Isis, and may the pure fire there devour all your afflictions so that you may awake like a new phoenix."

"Ah it seemed impossible to leave the world until I had produced all that I felt called upon me to produce, and so I endured this wretched existence."

"It is the artist's mission to penetrate to the heart of things."

"Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold."

"Freedom, progress is the goal in the world of art as in general."