To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them.

I have a predilection for painting that lends joyousness to a wall.

We are in a period of searchers rather than of creators.

Go and see what others have produced, but never copy anything except nature. You would be trying to enter into a temperament that is not yours and nothing that you would do would have any character.

"The work of art must seize upon you...carry you away."

It's with my brush that I make love.

An artist must eat sparingly and give up a normal way of life.