Everywhere we look, complex magic of nature blazes before our eyes.

But by fighting the difficulties in which one finds oneself, an inner strength develops from within our heart, which improves in life's fight.

If we study Japanese art, we see a man who is undoubtedly wise, philosophic and intelligent, who spends his time doing what? He studies a single blade of grass.

Rembrandt is so deeply mysterious that he says things for which there are no words in any language.

I am an artist... It's self-evident that what that word implies is looking for something all the time without ever finding it in full. It is the opposite of saying, 'I know all about it. I've already found it.' As far as I'm concerned, the word means, 'I am looking. I am hunting for it. I am deeply involved.'

An artist need not be a minister or a collector in church, but he must have a warm heart for people, and I find it a noble thing that, for example, no winter passed without The Graphic doing something to keep alive sympathy for the poor.

If one feels the need of something grand, something infinite, something that makes one feel aware of God, one need not go far to find it.