I am not feeling any better because I cannot stay in bed, having constant cause for walking. They say I leave at night by the window of my tower, han….

Last night, two men tried to force my shutters. I recognized them: they are two of Rodin's Italian models. He told them to kill me. I am in his way; ….

I have fallen into an abyss. I live in a world so curious, so strange. Of the dream that was my life, this is my nightmare..

I have all sorts of problems and feel discouraged..

Madhouses are houses made on purpose to cause suffering . . . I cannot stand any longer the screams of these creatures..

Don't fear anything for your letters, they are burnt one by one and I hope you do the same with mine..

I am scared; I don't know what is going to happen to me. What was the point of working so hard and of being talented, to be rewarded like this? Never….

Sir Rodin convinced my parents to have me committed; they are all in Paris to arrange it..

If you are nice, and keep your promise, we will be in paradise..

I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see..

I took all my wax studies and threw them in the fire that's the way it is when something unpleasant happens to me. I take my hammer and I squash a fi….

There is always something missing that torments me..

I tolerate my faults but not at all other people's..

I sleep completely naked to make me believe you are here, but when I wake up it is not the same thing. Most of all, don't deceive me with other women….

I have had the problem of seeing my male model go to Italy and... stay there..

I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This unfortunate art is made for long beards and ugl….

My countrymen have commissioned a bust of the Republic. It will be placed on the fountain of my native town..

I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been out of my atelier for two months, I have….

I would have preferred to be successful here with a piece that cost me a huge amount of money and effort... rather than sending to Bohemia some ordin….

It is in fact agreed that I am the plague, the cholera of the benevolent and generous men who are interested in art and that, when I show myself with….

You know what black hatred women feel toward me as soon as they see me, until I return inside my shell, they use every possible weapon. As soon as a ….