� I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea. � � Fyodor Dostoevsky

� He was contemplation and enthusiasm. Ambition and strong coffee. I could have looked at him forever. � � E. Lockhart

� What am I in the eyes of most people � a nonentity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person � somebody who has no position in society and will never have; in short, the lowest of the low. All right, then � even if that were absolutely true, then I should one day like to show by my work what such an eccentric, such a nobody, has in his heart. That is my ambition, based less on resentment than on love in spite of everything, based more on a feeling of serenity than on passion. Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me. I see paintings or drawings in the poorest cottages, in the dirtiest corners. And my mind is driven towards these things with an irresistible momentum. � � Vincent van Gogh