My only desire is an intimate infusion with nature, and the only fate I wish is to have worked and lived in harmony with her laws.

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.

They shared the chores of living as some couples do --she did most of the work and he appreciated it.

The major barrier to understanding is wishful thinking and following that which pleases one.

I see the kids and I feel like taking them all away to a safe place to hide until the war stops and the hunger stops and El Cua becomes strong enough to give them the care they deserve.

Being nervous isn't always the worst thing for me.

Do not start a story unless you have an ending in mind. You can change the story's ending if you wish, but you should always have a destination.

i play a mean harmonica

The criterion of truth is that it works even if nobody is prepared to acknowledge it.

You get tragedy where the tree, instead of bending, breaks.

No one seems to care. Certainly, no one in the million dollar fund-raising cancer clinics are excited over the almost miraculous ...record of...Krebiozen.

When you feel happy, you look beautiful.