"We form at La Faucille now a little colony where concord and happiness reign, and have not even for enemies the bears…"

"If my painting depicts faithfully and without over-refinement the simple and true character of the place you have fre…"

"Sir - Be good enough to allow me to address to you a rather important request with regard to a picture inscribed at t…"

"I heard the voices of the trees; the surprises of their movements. Their varieties of form and even their peculiarity…"

"..everything has conspired to keep from me the leisure and quiet which I could wish in order to answer you. I have al…"

"Do not be anxious about [an ordered painting] 'La Ferme' my dear Mr. Hartmann, I am anxious to establish in this pict…"

"Do you see that corner of canvas there [of his painting 'La Ferme'], large as the hand, does it not seem to you that …"

"The news of our health is not good. My wife has been in agony several times, but she is having a little rest now. As …"

"Do you see all those beautiful trees there ? I sketched them all thirty years ago; I have had all their portraits. Lo…"

"My good Mama, I am always the same.. ..always the same happy life, always fresh for seeing, vigorous for running, and…"