I long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort and disappointment and perseverance.

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

The thing has already taken form in my mind before I start it. The first attempts are absolutely unbearable. I say this because I want you to know that if you see something worthwhile in what I am doing, it is not by accident but because of real direction and purpose.

A woman is not old as long as she loves and is loved

For instead of trying to reproduce exactly what I see before me, I make more arbitrary use of colour to express myself more forcefully.

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

I sometimes think there is nothing so delightful as drawing.