I know of no more sacred duty than to rear and educate a child.

I change many things, discard others, and try again and again until I am satisfied; then, in my head, I being to elaborate the work in its breadth, its narrowness, its height, its depth...I hear and see the image in front of me from every angle as if it had been cast and only the labour of writing it down remains.

Don't only practise your art, but force your way into its secrets.

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

Whoever tells a lie is not pure of heart, and such a person can not cook a clean soup.

Artists are fiery; they do not weep.

I love a tree more than a man.