"I was sick these days here is what prevented me from delivering my stones last Friday as I promised you I am in the purgations it is better and I hope to send my stones Tuesday at the latest.. .Bien a vous, - h. Daumier"

"He's passed from rising hope to elder statesman without any intervening period whatsoever."

"No one could have less faith in the absolute and definitive importance of the work created by man, because …"

"I dream of building a community of dancers in a forsaken place amidst nature. A place where nothing exists,…"

"With many misgivings, I accepted the mission to Hayti. I distrusted my qualifications for the office; but c…"

"Music is like a dream. One that I cannot hear."

"The young have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitat…"