I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely.

I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely.

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

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

I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there!

All the sorrow, all the bitterness, all the sadness, I forget them and ignore them in the joy of working.

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