I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say "he feels deeply, he feels tenderly".

If one were to say but few words, though ones with meaning, one would do better than to say many that were only empty sounds, and just as easy to utter as they were of little use.

The sight of stars makes me dream.

It always strikes me, and it is very peculiar, that, whenever we see the image of indescribable and unutterable desolation—of loneliness, poverty, and misery, the end and extreme of things—the thought of God comes into one's mind.

I take great care of myself by carefully shutting myself away.

One must never let the fire go out in one's soul, but keep it burning.

It is good to love many things