To be an artist is first to be a manual laborer.

He had always loved God. In his darkest hours he cried out, "God did not create us to abandon us.

No artist is normal. Who happen to be normal cannot be an artist.

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

You cannot be the good all the time — sometimes it is necessary to get angry. [Vincent Van Gogh]

There are neither good nor evil, only the existence and action.

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.]