"Is it because she took my first kiss that she took the perfume of life from me?"

"I remained immobile trembling from anguish and I heard bounce through nature an immense infinite scream."

"The way one sees is also dependent upon one's emotional state of mind. This is why a motif can be looked at in so many ways, and this is what makes art so interesting."

"Art comes from the inside. When a person is very sad, he can paint a beautiful picture."

"The notes I have made are not a diary in the ordinary sense, but partly lengthy records of my spiritual experiences, and partly poems in prose."