Those who cannot begin do not finish.

Do not expect pictures to say the expected; some of the best will have surprises for you, which will, at first, shock you.

The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.

I have heard it very often said that an artist does not need intelligence, that his is the province of the soul

In a tree there is a spirit of life, a spirit of growth and a spirit of holding its head up.

Art is, after all, only a trace – like a footprint which shows that one has walked bravely and in great happiness.

The most vital things in the look of a landscape endure only for a moment. Work should be done from memory; memory of that vital moment.