„I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to better.“

— Frida Kahlo
„I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best.“
— Frida Kahlo
„I am the Queen of France and you are my subject“
— Mary
„Books--oh! no. I am sure we never read the same, or not with the samefeelings.""I am sorry you think so; but if that be the case, there can at least beno want of subject. We may compare our different opinions.“
— Jane Austen
„I am rather impatient to know the fate of my best gown.“
— Jane Austen