If you study Japanese art you see a man who is undoubtedly wise, philosophic and intelligent, who spends his time how? In studying the distance between the earth and the moon? No. In studying the policy of Bismarck? No. He studies a single blade of grass. But this blade of grass leads him to draw every plant and then the seasons, the wide aspects of the countryside, then animals, then the human figure. So he passes his life, and life is too short to do the whole.

What is done in love is done well.

I always dream a painting like that, with a group of lively figures of the pals.

Here everything is so wholly what I consider beautiful. In other words, there is peace here.

I confess I do not know why, but looking at the stars always makes me dream.

We have very beautiful bad weather here at present - rain, wind, thunder - but with splendid effects; that's why I like it.

Drawing is the root of everything.