The divine is everywhere, even in a grain of sand; there I represented it in the reeds.

The artist should paint not only what he sees before him, but also what he sees within him. If, however, he sees nothing within him, then he should also refrain from painting that which he sees before him. Otherwise, his pictures will be like those folding screens behind which one expects to find only the sick or the dead.

I am not so weak as to submit to the demands of the age when they go against my convictions. I spin a cocoon around myself; let others do the same. I shall leave it to time to show what will come of it: a brilliant butterfly or maggot.

A painting which does not take its inspiration from the heart is nothing more than futile juggling.

All authentic art is conceived at a sacred moment and nourished in a blessed hour; an inner impulse creates it, often without the artist being aware of it.

God is everywhere, in the smallest grain of sand.

I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full.