It is the language of nature to which one has to listen.

Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more and more.

To suffer without complaint is the only lesson we have to learn in this life

A weaver who has to direct and to interweave a great many little threads has no time to philosophize about it, but rather he is so absorbed in his work that he doesn't think but acts, and he feels how things must go more than he can explain it.

Fortunately for me, I know well enough what I want, and am basically utterly indifferent to the criticism that I work to hurriedly. In answer to that, I have done some things even more hurriedly theses last few days.

Ideas for work are coming to me in abundance...I'm going like a painting-locomotive.

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