Surely the true path is to dive deep into nature.

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

If you end up falling in love with someone, it's because of them. If you end up hating someone, it's because of you.

We have very beautiful bad weather here at present - rain, wind, thunder - but with splendid effects; that's why I like it.

I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say "he feels deeply, he feels tenderly".

I assure you that there's a lot involved in compositions with figures. ... It's like weaving... you must control and keep an eye on several things at once.

Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.