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.

But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.

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

That I was not suited to commerce or academic study in no way proves that I should also be unfit to be a painter.

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that it gives energy.

The beginning is perhaps more difficult than anything else, but keep heart, it will turn out all right.