"Paintings are memories. Memories of the painter who painted them. Memories that can be shared as well. Paintings are …"

"It fascinates me to create beautiful paintings with the simplest means."

"From early on I developed an attraction for the incongruous. I had no wish to try to resolve visual contradictions. I…"

"For him delicious flavors dwell In books as in old Muscatel."

"And in the evening, everywhere Along the roadside, up and down, I see the golden torches flare Like lighted street-la…"

"Song like a rose should be; Each rhyme a petal sweet; For fragrance, melody, That when her lips repeat The words, her…"

"The hunter catches a dreadful prey, the seaman steers his ship into an unspeakable harbor, the plowman sows and reaps…"

"You are the king no doubt, but in one respect, at least, I am your equal: the right to reply. I claim that privilege …"

"When Hector heard that challenge he rejoiced and right in the no man's land along his lines he strode, gripping his s…"

"All the thought which in the course of my studies I have been able to give to the subject has led me to conclude that…"