In spite of everything, I shall rise again

One begins by plaguing oneself to no purpose in order to be true to nature, and one concludes by working quietly from one's own palette alone, and then nature is the result.

Drawing is the root of everything, and the time spent on that is actually all profit.

Purity of soul and impurity of body can go together.

So let us go forward quietly, each on his own path, forever making for the light.

If your inner voice is telling you that you can't paint, by all means, hurry up and paint and silence the voice.

The large majority of people are asleep and do not wish to wake up.