It is a sad and very melancholy scene, which must strike everyone who knows and feels that we also have to pass one day through the valley of the shadow of death, and “que la fin de la vie humaine, ce sont des larmes ou des cheveux blancs.” What lies beyond this is a great mystery that only God knows, but He has revealed absolutely through His word that there is a resurrection of the dead.

The great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. And great things are not something accidental, but must certainly be willed.

It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill - it's a life which, to put it mildly, makes one an outsider. I'm all right when I completely immerse myself in work, but I'll always remain half crazy.

I am painting with the same enthusiasm as a Marseillaise eats bouillabaisse ... I am painting big sunflowers.

Find things beautiful as much as you can, most people find too little beautiful.

One can speak poetry just by arranging colors well, just as one can say comforting things in music.

It's better to have a gay life of it than to commit suicide.