Painting predicates what man wants to see, and what man ought to see, not what he ordinarily sees.

Higher yet and higher out of clouds and night, nearer yet and nearer rising to the light - light, serene and holy where my soul may rest, purified and lowly, sanctified and blest.

The world is so full of simpletons and madmen, that one need not seek them in a madhouse.

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

There are situations in which hope and fear run together, in which they mutually destroy one another and lose themselves in dull indifference.