Even this artistic life, which we know is not real life, appears to me to be so alive and so vital that it would be a form ingratitude not to be content with it.

Love is eternal, the aspect may change, but not the essence. 


The worse I get along with people the more I learn to have faith in Nature and concentrate on her.

I am painting with the same enthusiasm as a Marseillaise eats bouillabaisse ... I am painting big sunflowers.

Find things beautiful as much as you can, most people find too little beautiful.

Modern reality has got such a hold on us that... when we attempt to reconstruct the ancient days in our thoughts...the minor events of our lives tear us away from our meditations, and... thrust us back into our personal [problems]

A good painting should be the equivalent of a good deed.