"I see everything in a grotesque way. When I go to the theatre, for example, things shape themselves before my eyes ju…"

"It takes only one man to make an artist, but forty to make an Academician."

"I’m so affected, that even my lungs are affected."

"There was a young man with a salary, Who had to do drawings for Malory; When they asked him for more, He replied, 'Wh…"

"I shall not live much longer than did Keats."

"What is a portrait good for, unless it shows just how the subject was seen by the painter? In the old days before pho…"

"I think the title page I drew for Salomé was after all "impossible". You see booksellers couldn't stick it up in thei…"

"I have always done my sketches, as people would say, for the fun of it... I have worked to amuse myself, and if it ha…"

"The general opinion appears to be that it is very funny to make yourself out as fast or as foolish as possible; thoug…"

"All humanity inspires me. Every passer-by is my unconscious sitter; and as strange as it may seem, I really draw folk…"