“Everywhere we look, complex magic of nature blazes before our eyes.”

Drawing is the root of everything.

A woman is not old as long as she loves and is loved.

I long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort and disappointment and perseverance.

Art is to console those who are broken by life.

To suffer without complaint is the only lesson we have to learn in this life.

The diseases that we civilized people labor under most are melancholy and pessimism.

Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essence.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

The great artist is the simplifier.

Find things beautiful as much as you can, most people find too little beautiful.

Art demands constant observation.

I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.

There is no blue without yellow and without orange.

One must never let the fire go out in one’s soul, but keep it burning.

It is very necessary to work in the garden and see the flowers growing.

I put my heart and soul into my work, and I have lost my mind in the process.