I am following Nature without being able to grasp her I perhaps owe having...
I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.
My life has been nothing but a failure.
People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to...
Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand as if it were necessary...
A man can only attain knowledge with the help of those who possess it. This must be understood from the very beginning. One must learn from him who knows.