There is no such thing as an ugly woman.

Art demands persistent work, work in spite of everything, and continuous observations. By persistent, I mean not only continuous work, but also not giving up your opinion at the bidding of such and such a person.

If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning.

A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.

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

Love is eternal -- the aspect may change, but not the essence. There is the same difference in a person before and after he is in love as there is in an unlighted lamp and one that is burning. The lamp was there and was a good lamp, but now it is shedding light too, and that is its real function. And love makes one calmer about many things, and that way, one is more fit for one's work.

One of the hardest things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it.