"I shall remain a bachelor all my life, as I have found no one who understands me."

"I wish you health, and hope that you will soon be able to do something for art, so that I may be able to see you again. Farewell, I wish you well."

"There ought to be but one large art warehouse in the world, to which the artist could carry his art-works, and from which he could carry away whatever he needed. As it is, one must be half a tradesman…"

"Never break the silence if it is not to improve upon it."

"He who understands my music will be freed from the miseries of the world."