An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.

Drawing is the root of everything.

It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning.

I think that I still have it in my heart someday to paint a bookshop with the front yellow and pink in the evening...like a light in the midst of the darkness.

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

I consciously choose the dog's path through life. I shall be poor; I shall be a painter.

To paint nature you must be in it a long time.