A weaver who has to direct and to interweave a great many little threads has no time to philosophize about it, but rather he is so absorbed in his work that he doesn't think but acts, and he feels how things must go more than he can explain it.

I work as diligently on my canvases as the laborers do in their fields.

We have very beautiful bad weather here at present - rain, wind, thunder - but with splendid effects; that's why I like it.

Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.

What is true is that I have at times earned my own crust of bread, and at other times a friend has given it to me out of the goodness of his heart. I have lived whatever way I could, for better or for worse, taking things just as they came.

Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul.

The great isn't something accidental; it must be willed.