"I am in despair. I am working like a madman, but I am not making any progress."

"You say you think of savings all the time but you cannot seem to manage to,' and he suggests it will do the children good to go without."

"The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration."

"Now I really feel the landscape. I can be bold and include every tone of pink and blue: it's enchanting, it's delicious."

"I'm completely disheartened. I don't know what to do with myself."