He made his colours, built his stretchers, plastered his canvas, painted his pictures, carpentered his frames, and painted them. 'Too bad I can't buy my own pictures,' he murmured aloud. 'Then I'd be completely self-sufficient.'

No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him.

The maximum value of art is that it allows the artist to express himself.

Story writers say that love is concerned only with young people, and the excitement and glamour of romance end at the altar. How blind they are. The best romance is inside marriage; the finest love stories come after the wedding, not before.

How difficult it is to be simple.

I will be an artist. I am sure I will. [Vincent Van Gogh]

What we know of others is our personal secret.