Nothing costs so little, goes so far, and accomplishes so much as a single act of merciful service.

With a limited palette, the older painters could do just as well as today what they did was sounder.

The simplest subjects are the immortal ones.

There isn't a single person or landscape or subject which doesn't possess some interest, although it may not be immediately apparent. When a painter discovers this hidden treasure, other people are immediately struck by its beauty.

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

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.

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