I believe it is one's duty to paint the rich and magnificent aspects of nature. We need gaiety and happiness, hope and love.

The large majority of people are asleep and do not wish to wake up.

If one wants to be active, one must not be afraid of going wrong, one must not be afraid of making mistakes now and then. Many people think that they will become good just by doing no harm -- but that's a lie.... That way lies stagnation, mediocrity.

How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?

Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that it gives energy.

There are colors which cause each other to shine brilliantly, which form a couple which complete each other like man and woman.

l can do very well without God both in my life and in my painting, but l cannot, ill as I am, do without something which is greater than l, which is my life — the power to create.