Luxury... corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness. — Henri Rousseau Copy Share Image
From the first moment of life, men ought to begin learning to deserve to live. — Henri Rousseau Copy Share
“Why did you paint a couch in the middle of the jungle?" Rousseau: "Because one has a right to paint one's dreams.” — Henri Rousseau Copy Share
We are the two great painters of this era; you are in the Egyptian style, I in themodern style. (to Pablo Picasso) — Henri Rousseau Copy Share
When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself "Yes indeed, all… — Henri Rousseau Copy Share
I cannot now change my style, which I acquired, as you can imagine, by dint of labour. — Henri Rousseau Copy Share
Nature's instructions are always slow; those of men are generally premature. — Henri Rousseau Copy Share
The principal problem I had during the five years I ran the Caisse - and I bet you that it will be the same… — Henri Rousseau Copy Share
The passage from the state of nature to the civil state produces a very remarkable change in man, by substituting justice for instinct in… — Henri Rousseau Copy Share
