- There may be a great fire in our soul, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke. »
- 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. »
- Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. »
- 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. »
- For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream. »
- Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. »
- If one is the master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time insight into and understanding of many things. »
- Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more and more. »
- 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. »
- 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 am not an adventurer by choice but by fate. »
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