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

Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do; and to restrain himself within the limits of his comprehension.

Even though the world as a whole progresses, youth must always start again from the beginning, and as individuals go through the epochs of the world's culture.

Democracy does not race, it reaches the finish slowly but surely.

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise. She is cunning, but for good ends. She has brought me here and will also lead me away. She may scold me, but she will not hate her work. I trust her.

Stupidity is without anxiety.

By seeking and blundering we learn.