Conscience is a man's compass.

What a splendid thing watercolour is to express atmosphere and distance, so that the figure is surrounded by air and can breathe in it.

An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.

Great things are not something accidental, but must certainly be willed.

The worse I get along with people the more I learn to have faith in Nature and concentrate on her.

I feel a certain calm. There is safety in the midst of danger. What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.