It is with the reading of books the same as with looking at pictures; one must, without doubt, without hesitations, with assurance, admire what is beautiful.

I know for sure that I have an instinct for color, and that it will come to me more and more, that painting is in the very marrow of my bones.

It seems to me it's a painter's duty to try to put an idea into his work.

One must never let the fire go out in one's soul, but keep it burning.

Color in a picture is like enthusiasm in life.

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

The lamps are burning and the starry sky is over it all.