Henri Rousseau

“Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.”

“Excuse my scribbling, it is late, and I have a poor candle.”

“I cannot now change my style, which I acquired, as you can imagine, by dint of labour.”

“It is often said that my heart is too open for my own good.”

“If a king tries to start a war, a mother should go to him and forbid it.”