Conscience is a man's compass.

The beginning is perhaps more difficult than anything else, but keep heart, it will turn out all right.

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

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

In general, and most especially with artists, I pay as much attention to the man who does the work, as to the work itself.

It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning.

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