An artist without ideas is a mendicant; barren, he goes begging among the hours.

Someday my paintings will be hanging in the Louvre. [Vincent Van Gogh]

Savoir souffrir sans se plaindre, ça c'est la seule chose pratique, c'est la grande science, la leçon à apprendre, la solution du problème de la vie.[Knowing how to suffer without complaining is the only practical thing, it's the great science, the lesson to learn, the solution to the problem of life.]

The one who has not seen Paris in the morning does not know how beautiful it is.

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

Art's a staple. Like bread or wine or a warm coat in winter. Those who think it is a luxury have only a fragment of a mind. Man's spirit grows hungry for art in the same way his stomach growls for food.

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.