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.

There is nothing more beautiful than nature early in the morning.

But by fighting the difficulties in which one finds oneself, an inner strength develops from within our heart, which improves in life's fight.

A woman is not old as long as she loves and is loved

Art, although produced by man's hands, is something not created by hands alone, but something which wells up from a deeper source out of our soul.....My sympathies in the literary as well as in the artistic field are drawn most strongly to those artists in whom I see most the working of the soul.

I am painting with the same enthusiasm as a Marseillaise eats bouillabaisse ... I am painting big sunflowers.

I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.