And if out of a million visitors there is even one to whom art means something, that is enough to justify museums.

If you paint the leaf on a tree without using a model, your imagination will only supply you with a few leaves; but Nature offers you millions, all on the same tree. No two leaves are exactly the same. The artist who paints only what is in his mind must very soon repeat himself.

The only reward one should offer an artist is to buy his work.

The simplest subjects are the immortal ones.

The pain passes, but the beauty remains.

Everybody has their reasons.

Work lovingly done is the secret of all order and all happiness.