The epitaph on his tomb from the Montmartre cemetery is a phrase from his notebooks: "Peindre, c'est la vie, la vraie vie, ma vie" ("Painting is life, the real life, my life").
Mormântul său, aflat în cimitirul Montmartre, are ca epitaf o frază extrasă din Carnetele sale: „Peindre, c'est la vie, la vraie vie, ma vie”.