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

The outcome of my days is always the same; an infinite desire for what one never gets; a void one cannot fill; an utter yearning to produce in all ways, to battle as much as possible against time that drags us along, and the distractions that throw a veil over our soul.

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

Glory to that Homer of painting, to that father of warmth and enthusiasm... he really paints men.

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

The first virtue of a painting is to be a feast for the eyes.

You increase your self-respect when you feel you've done everything you ought to have done, and if there is nothing else to enjoy, there remains that chief of pleasures, the feeling of being pleased with oneself. A man gets an immense amount of satisfaction from the knowledge of having done good work and of having made the best use of his day, and when I am in this state I find that I thoroughly enjoy my rest and even the mildest forms of recreation.