I am carrying out my plan, so long formulated, of keeping a journal. What I most keenly wish is not to forget that I am writing for myself alone. Thus I shall always tell the truth, I hope, and thus I shall improve myself. These pages will reproach me for my changes of mind.

Experience has two things to teach. The first is that we must correct a great deal and the second, that we must not correct too much.

Do all the work you can; that is the whole philosophy of the good way of life.

Nature creates unity even in the parts of a whole.

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who can't attain it in anything.

If I haven't fought for my country at least I'll paint for her.

The secret of not having worries, for me at least, is to have ideas.