Seek only light and freedom and do not immerse yourself too deeply in the worldly mire.

Drawing is the root of everything, and the time spent on that is actually all profit.

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

I see more and more that my work goes infinitely better when I am properly fed, and the paints are there, and the studio and all that... I wish I could manage to make you really understand that when you give money to artists, you are yourself doing an artist's work, and that I only want my pictures to be of such a quality that you will not be too dissatisfied with your work.

If I succeed in putting some warmth and love into the work, then it will find friends. Carrying on working is the

It's as interesting and as difficult to say a thing well as to paint it. There is the art of lines and colours, but the art of words exists too, and will never be less important.

I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.