Viva Last Blues

"The human tongue is like a cracked cauldron on which we beat out tunes to set a bear dancing when we would make the stars weep with our melodies."

"One is asked to believe that 'a man can lead a commonplace and insignificant life as a stock-broker until he reaches the age of forty, and then, under a compulsion which is not made acceptable to the intelligence, develops into a painter of genius so rare that it is not recognized by anyone, except a Dutchman, until after his death.'"