And love makes one calmer about many things, and in that way, one is more fit for one's work.

I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.

What am I in the eyes of most people - a nonentity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person - somebody who has no position in society and will never have; in short, the lowest of the low. All right, then - even if that were absolutely true, then I should one day like to show by my work what such an eccentric, such a nobody, has in his heart.

The worse I get along with people the more I learn to have faith in Nature and concentrate on her.

Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck, your profession is what you're put here on earth to do, with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling.

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.

The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others.