"I will show them that I am not to be trifled with."

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

"O, you men who think or say that I am malevolent, stubborn, or misanthropic, how greatly do you wrong me."

"God, what a beautiful day!"

"How great was the humiliation when one who stood beside me heard the distant sound of a shepherd's pipe, and I heard nothing; or heard the shepherd singing, and I heard nothing. Such experiences broug…"