If one wants to be active, one must not be afraid of going wrong, one must not be afraid of making mistakes now and then. Many people think that they will become good just by doing no harm -- but that's a lie.... That way lies stagnation, mediocrity.

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

There certainly is an affinity between a person and his work, but it is not easy to define what this affinity is, and on that question many judge quite wrongly.

There are colors which cause each other to shine brilliantly, which form a couple which complete each other like man and woman.

We are having wind and rain here, and I am very glad not to be alone. I work from memory on bad days, and that would not do if I were alone.

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

It is difficult to know oneself, but it isn't easy to paint oneself either.