41 Quotes by Camille Claudel

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

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.

There is always something missing that torments me.

If I were sent to Siberia, it would not surprise me. I would even prefer to just be a maid than go on living like this. You will pay for your apathy.

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.

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 any more.

Il y a toujours quelque chose d’absent qui me tourmente.

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

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