"In the afternoon he [ Johannes Bosboom ] took me to look for it [her first showed painting, ever]. There it was! I th…"

"I tell you that I learned from experience. Have you once consulted with yourself – have you once made your decision, …"

"He [ Johannes Warnardus Bilders ] painted – was living in Utrecht, [he] immediately attracted attention and had many …"

"Our trips in Drenthe [in 1878-79] he [ Johannes Warnardus Bilders ] enjoyed a lot, but Vorden and especially Oosterbe…"

"I am glad I have that artistic life in me.. .[I'm] a nobody in my field of art.. .I don't overestimate myself at all,…"

"Marie is already 4 weeks in Vorden [Summer of 1875], painting under the guidance of the first landscape painter we ha…"

"[ Johannes Bosboom was..] the friend of her first art-works, her source of information and on whom she could fall bac…"

"More rich, more noble I will ever hold The Muse's laurel, than a crown of gold."

"I willingly accept Cassandra's fate, To speak the truth, although believ'd too late."

"The bloody wolf, the wolf does not pursue; The boar, though fierce, his tusk will not embrue In his own kind, Bears, …"