That this awareness of my own fallibility will prevent me from making many mistakes doesn't alter the fact that I'm bound to make a great many mistakes anyway. But if we fall, we get up again!

It constantly remains a source of disappointment to me that my drawings are not yet what I want them to be. The difficulties are indeed numerous and great, and cannot be overcome at once. To make progress is a kind of miner’s work; it doesn’t advance as quickly as one would like, and as others also expect, but as one stands before such a task, the basic necessities are patience and faithfulness. In fact, I do not think much about the difficulties, because if one thought of them too much one would get stunned or disturbed.

As long as autumn lasts, I shall not have hands, canvas and colors enough to paint the beautiful things I see.

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.

The great isn't something accidental; it must be willed.

Just slap something on it when you see a blank canvas staring at you with a sort of imbecility.

Surely the true path is to dive deep into nature.