I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.

Bookstores always remind me that there are good things in this world.

My opinion is that the best thing would be to work on till art lovers feel drawn toward it of their own accord, instead of having to praise or to explain it.

I always think photographs abominable, and I don't like to have them around, particularly not those of persons I know and love. Those photographic portraits wither much sooner than we ourselves do, whereas the painted portrait is a thing which is felt, done with love.

Let’s not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realizing it.

A good painting should be the equivalent of a good deed.

The emotions are sometimes so strong that I work without knowing it. The strokes come like speech.