If I did not succeed I still thought that what I had worked on would be continued. Not immediately. But there are others who believe in things that are true.

We feel lonely now and then and long for friends and think we should be quite different and happier if we found a friend of whom we might say: “He is the one.” But you, too, will begin to learn that there is much self-deception behind this longing; if we yielded too much to it, it would lead us from the road.

Many painters are afraid of the blank canvas, but the blank canvas is afraid of the truly passionate painter who dares-and who has once broken the spell of 'you can't.'

If one were to say but few words, though ones with meaning, one would do better than to say many that were only empty sounds, and just as easy to utter as they were of little use.

By working hard, old man, I hope to make something good one day. I haven't yet, but I am pursuing it and fighting for it . . . .

An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.