Still, there is a calm, pure harmony, and music inside of me.

Let’s not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realizing it.

Well, do you know what I hope for, once I allow myself to begin to hope? [...] That you find in your love for people something not only to work for, but to comfort and restore you when there is a need.

If one wants to be active, one must not be afraid of going wrong, one must not be afraid of making mistakes now and then. Many people think that they will become good just by doing no harm -- but that's a lie.... That way lies stagnation, mediocrity.

Conscience is a man's compass.

Christ is more of an artist than the artists; he works in the living spirit and the living flesh, he makes men instead of statues.

I want to paint what I feel, and feel what I paint.