It constantly remains a source of disappointment to me that my drawings are not yet what I want them to be. The difficulties are indeed numerous and great, and cannot be overcome at once. To make progress is a kind of miner’s work; it doesn’t advance as quickly as one would like, and as others also expect, but as one stands before such a task, the basic necessities are patience and faithfulness. In fact, I do not think much about the difficulties, because if one thought of them too much one would get stunned or disturbed.

I long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort and disappointment and perseverance.

If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things.

If one feels the need of something grand, something infinite, something that makes one feel aware of God, one need not go far to find it.

Painters understand nature and love it, and teach us to see.

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

I'll start with small things.