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 a penny, tormented all my life. It is horrible; one cannot imagine it. Camille Claudel Read Quote
Sir Rodin convinced my parents to have me committed; they are all in Paris to arrange it. Camille Claudel Read Quote
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. Camille Claudel Read Quote
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. Camille Claudel Read Quote
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 ordinary works. Camille Claudel Read Quote
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 my plasters, even the Emperor of the Sahara would flee. Camille Claudel Read Quote
Send me one hundred francs on our future deals, otherwise I will disappear in a cataclysm. Camille Claudel Read Quote
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. Camille Claudel Read Quote
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 no appropriate costume for this circumstance. Please excuse me. Camille Claudel Read Quote
