You know that it's everything to me.' 'Of course; but, whether you realise it or not, you give two strokes for yourself to one for your work.

It isn't your fault, darling.

I do exactly the same thing, and know that I'm doing it.

Most of the French schools, and all the schools here, drive the students to work for their own credit, and for the sake of their pride.

I was told that all the world was interested in my work, and everybody at Kami's talked turpentine, and I honestly believed that the world needed elevating and influencing, and all manner of impertinences, by my brushes.