His favorite novel was "The [Unknown] Masterpiece" by Honoré de Balzac, and he felt the protagonist was the painter himself.
كانت روايته المفضلة "ذا أن فينيش ماستربيس" لأورنريه بولزاك، و قد شعر بأن بطل الرواية كان الرسام نفسه.