For the great doesn't happen through impulse alone, and is a succession of little things that are brought together.

If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things.

All art is a gift. It is first of all a gift that the maker can do it. It is then a gift to someone else, whether they pay for it or not. The wonder of it is that we cannot get the production of these gifts stopped. Art is life seeking itself. It is our intractable expressions of love for the beauties, ideas and epiphanies we regularly find. I framed the painting. It's now hanging in our den. "I have walked this earth for 30 years, and, out of gratitude, want to leave some souvenir.

Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all.

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

There is no such thing as an ugly woman.

The laws of the colors are unutterably beautiful, just because they are not accidental.