Conscience is a man's compass, and though the needle sometimes deviates, though one often perceives irregularities in directing one's course by it, still one must try to follow its direction.

The great isn't something accidental; it must be willed.

The great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. And great things are not something accidental, but must certainly be willed.

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

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.

We spent our whole lives in unconsous excercise of the art of expressing our thoughts with the help of words

My brushwork is quite unsystematic. I slam the paint on in all sorts of ways and leave each result to take care of itself.