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

How right it is to love flowers and the greenery of pines and ivy and hawthorn hedges; they have been with us from the very beginning.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Doing little things well is a step toward doing big things better.

...and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?

Art is but imitation of nature.

What am I in the eyes of most people - a nonentity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person - somebody who has no position in society and will never have; in short, the lowest of the low. All right, then - even if that were absolutely true, then I should one day like to show by my work what such an eccentric, such a nobody, has in his heart.