One can have no more mastery over the environment, than one has over himself.
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.
He who truly knows has no occasion to shout.
Nature varies the seed according to the variety of the things she desires to produce in the world.
I awoke, only to see that the rest of the world is still asleep.
The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.