“I hope I shall be able to make some drawings in which there is something human.”

Admire as much as you can. Most people do not admire enough.

What a simple thing death is, just as simple as the falling of an autumn leaf.

What a simple thing death is, just as simple as the falling of an autumn leaf.

Often whole days pass without my speaking to anyone.

Often whole days pass without my speaking to anyone.

Let’s not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realizing it.

At times it is not easy for me to take up living again.

A great fire burns within me, but no one stops to warm themselves at it, and passers-by only see a wisp of smoke.

One must work and dare if one really wants to live.

If one truly loves nature one finds beauty everywhere.

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.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

You rarely have time for everything you want in this life, so you need to make choices. And hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.

We all live in the valley of fear looking up the sky giving us hope.

When you stop hoping you get what you deserve.

Strengthen your focus and have hope that life can get better.  

With every falling flake, a unique spark of interest falls from heaven.

Don’t let them fill with you up false hope and empty promises. People pour their heart out through their actions; not their words.

If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not find it; for it is hard to be sought out and difficult.