All the joys — animal and human — of a free life are mine. I have escaped everything that is artificial, conventional, customary. I am entering into … - Paul Gauguin

Original: Mes yeux se ferment pour voir sans comprendre le rêve dans l'espace infini qui fuit devant moi.

Կինը ցանկանում է ազատ լինել։ Դա նրա իրավունքն է։ Եվ իհարկե, տղամարդը չէ նրան խանգարողը։ Այն օրից, երբ կնոջ պատիվը այլևս տեղադրված չի լինի պորտից ներքև, նա կլինի ազատ։ Եվ թերևս՝ շատ ավելի առողջ։

I am a great artist and I know it. It's because of what I am that I have endured so much suffering, so as to pursue my vocation, otherwise I would consider myself a rogue — which is what many people think I am, for that matter. Oh well, what difference does it make. What upsets me the most is not so much the poverty as the things that perpetually get in the way of my art, which I cannot carry out the way I feel and which I would carry out if it weren't for the poverty that is like a straitjacket. You tell me I am wrong to stay away from the artist[ic] center. No, I am right; I've known for a long time what I am doing and why I am doing it. My artistic center is in my brain and nowhere else, and I am strong because I am never thrown off-course by other people and because I do what is in me.