I think only of my painting, and if I were to drop it, I think I'd go crazy.

To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at.

Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.

I must have flowers, always, and always.

It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.

All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it.

The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.

Light is the most important person in the picture.

Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.

It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.

I would like to paint the way a bird sings.

We are liberated by the examples of the brave, the talented, and the successful if we allow ourselves that freedom.

Fame is the sum of the misunderstanding that gathers about a new name.

It's the folks that depend on us for this and for the other that we most do miss.

If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.

I am much more interested in achieving unison with nature than in copying it.

Love turns one person into two; and two into one.

A man's reputation is the opinion people have of him; his character is what he really is.

My thought is me: that is why I cannot stop thinking. I exist because I think I cannot keep from thinking.

Conservatism leads nowhere; it satisfies no ideal.

The best evidence of our having the truth is our walking in the truth.