How we cite our quotes: (Paragraph) We used Stanley Corngold's translation.
Quote #10
"[…] I could not find the food I liked. If I had found it, believe me, I would not have caused a sensation, and I would have stuffed myself just like you and all the others." (9)
These are the first words that we hear the artist utter in the whole story. He breaks his silence only to demystify his art: he starved himself because he was a finicky eater. But at this point, on the brink of death, no one seems to care.