Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.

Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.

But you people do not understand me, and I am afraid you never will.

Often whole days pass without my speaking to anyone.

Someone has a great fire in his soul and nobody ever comes to warm themselves at it, and passers-by see nothing but a little smoke at the top of the chimney and then go on their way.

Since visiting the abatoirs of S. France I have stopped eating meat.

If only we try to live sincerely, it will go well with us, even though we are certain to experience real sorrow, and great disappointments, and also will probably commit great faults and do wrong things, but it certainly is true, thatit is better to be high-spirited, even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent. It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love, is well done.