“What wisom can you find that is greater than kindness. ”
- Henri Rousseau

“Beauty is the promise of happiness ”
- Henri Rousseau

“Excuse my scribbling, it is late, and I have a poor candle. ”
- Henri Rousseau

“I hate books. They only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about. ”
- Henri Rousseau

“If you remove these lines in the painting, the colors are no longer effective ”
- Henri Rousseau

“It is often said that my heart is too open for my own good. ”
- Henri Rousseau

“Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see. ”
- Henri Rousseau

“The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; most miserable the ones who enjoy the least pleasure ”
- Henri Rousseau

“When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself "Yes indeed, all that belongs to me!" ”
- Henri Rousseau