Cover the canvas at the first go, then work at it until you see nothing more to add.

Cover the canvas at the first go, and then work on till you see nothing more to add ... Don't proceed according to rules and principles, but paint what you observe and feel. Paint generously and unhesitatingly, for it is best not to lose the first impression.

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

When you do a thing with your whole soul and everything that is noble within you, you always find your counterpart.

I remember that, although I was full of fervour, I didn't have the slightest inkling, even at forty, of the deeper side to the movement we were pursuing by instinct. It was in the air!

Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes.

I think when one has talent one finally breaks through; so don't pass up any opportunity to do some work.