"People in general are scared to death of the war and all the exhibition have been a failure, because the rich - don't want to buy anything."

"I think that little by little I'll be able to solve my problems and survive."

"I hope the leaving is joyful; and I hope never to return."

"I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best"

"I drank to drown my pain, but the damned pain learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good behavior."

"I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy as long as I can paint."

"It is healthier to see the good points of others than to analyze our own bad ones."

"Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice."

"Duty then is the sublimest word in the English language. You should do your duty in all things. You can never do more, you should never wish to do less."

"Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much"

"Shared laughter creates a bond of friendships. When people laugh together, they cease to be young and old, teacher and pupils, worker and boss. They become a single group of human beings."

"Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but unlike charity, it should end there."