God sends us pieces of art so that we may see ourselves in them

One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul, and yet no one ever comes to sit by it.

Both she and I have grief enough and trouble enough, but as for regrets – neither of us have any.

Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck, your profession is what you're put here on earth to do, with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling.

It is with the reading of books the same as with looking at pictures; one must, without doubt, without hesitations, with assurance, admire what is beautiful.

The sunflower is mine, in a way.

I assure you that there's a lot involved in compositions with figures. ... It's like weaving... you must control and keep an eye on several things at once.