The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

The uglier, older, meaner, iller, poorer I get, the more I wish to take my revenge by doing brilliant color, well arranged, resplendent.

Close friends are truly life's treasures. Sometimes they know us better than we know ourselves. With gentle honesty, they are there to guide and support us, to share our laughter and our tears. Their presence reminds us that we are never really alone.

Here everything is so wholly what I consider beautiful. In other words, there is peace here.

What lives in art and is eternally living, is first of all the painter and then the painting.

One must never let the fire go out in one's soul, but keep it burning.

The sunflower is mine, in a way.