"For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream."
"I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people."
"I dream of painting and then I paint my dream."
"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together."
"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 done well."
"If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."
"I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day."
"If you truly love Nature, you will find beauty everywhere."
"What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?"
"I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process."