To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace

Someone has a great fire in his soul and nobody ever comes to warm themselves at it, and passers-by see nothing but a little smoke at the top of the chimney and then go on their way.

For the great doesn't happen through impulse alone, and is a succession of little things that are brought together.

Do not think too deeply about these things - gradually they will become clearer to you

The great artist is the simplifier.

I always dream a painting like that, with a group of lively figures of the pals.

Painting is a faith and that it brings with it the duty to pay no heed to public opinion - and that in it one conquers by perseverance and not by giving in.