An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it.

The most perfect guide is nature. Continue without fail to draw something every day.

Listen, my friend, all forms that exist in God's universe can be found in the human figure. A man's body and face can tell everything he represents. So how could I ever exhaust my interest in it?

It's freezing up here. What did you use to keep warm?" "Indignation," said Michelangelo. "Best fuel I know. Never burns out.

Everyone has their own personality, its own character, and if he respects that, everything would finally fall over for good only.

An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it.

Reading has always been the largest and most irreplaceable pleasure for Vincent; reading about other people's successes and failures, joys and sufferings seemed to bury his own failures.