Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

My dear Mama, you are definitely the hen who hatched a famous duck.

I have always been a pencil.

Love is when the desire to be desired takes you so badly that you feel you could die of it.

I have tried to do what is true and not ideal.

The cafes bore me; going downstairs is a nuisance. Painting and sleeping - that's all there is.

Never be tempted by water. The water tap should be sealed at lunchtime. If, for example, a sauce goes wrong, adding water doesn't help at all; one only achieves a taste of dishwater.

Of course one should not drink much, but often.

I paint things as they are. I don't comment.

The harmony of the luncheon is achieved by a combination of the two main courses which are the focus of the menu.

The body of a beautiful woman is not made for love; it is too exquisite.

Philandering impedes, as everyone knows, the ability to concentrate.