top of page
Exlpore more Paradise quotes

"Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three - and paradise is when you have none."

"An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise."

"There is nothing more miserable in the world than to arrive in paradise and look like your passport photo."

"I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there."

"Paradise will be a kind of library."

"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library."
Explore more quotes by Camille Claudel

"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; he wants to get rid of me."

"When you left on Saturday, I felt a horrible void, I saw you everywhere, on the beach, in your room, in the garden: impossible for me to get used to the idea that you had left."

"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 generous man tries to help me out, a woman is here to hold his arm and prevent him from acting."

"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 ugly faces rather than for a relatively well-endowed woman."

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

"I am in no mood to be deceived any longer by the crafty devil and false character whose greatest pleasure is to take advantage of everyone."

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

"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 figure."
bottom of page