I Wish To Lead A Life Free

I Cannot Be So Bad When Everybody Is So Fond Of Me.

I Wish To Lead A Life Free From Care, And I See That I Shall Be Unhappy If I Cannot Always Work At My Art.

How Often Have I Actually Discovered In Myself That Enthusiasm Raises The Artist Above Himself, How In An Ordinary Mood One Would Not Have Been Able To Accomplish Many Of The Things For Which Enthusiasm Lends One Everything, Energy, Fire.

I Do Not Want Horses Or Diamonds - I Am Happy In Possessing You.

If I Have Known Much Trouble In My Youth, I Have Also Known Much Joy.