- It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to. . . . The feeling for the things themselves, for reality, is more important than the feeling for pictures. »
- What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything »
- Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. »
- Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul. »
- A good picture is equivalent to a good deed. »
- How can I be useful, of what service can I be There is something inside me, what can it be »
- If one feels the need of something grand, something infinite, something that makes one feel aware of God, one need not go far to find it. I think that I see something deeper, more infinite, more eternal than the ocean in the expression of the eyes of a little baby when it wakes in the morning and coos or laughs because it sees the sun shining on its cradle. »
- I wish they would only take me as I am. »
- Our greatest glory consists not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall. »
- One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever come to sit by it. Passersby see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on the way. »
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