The interest and the feelings are not due to colors; the lines of a painting that move us move us even more in a print.

When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself "Yes indeed, all that belongs to me!"

Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.

The universe was born restless and has never since been still.

I felt before I thought

God created man in his own image. And man, being a gentleman, returned the favor.

I have always believed that good is only beauty put into practice.

It is often said that my heart is too open for my own good.

We are the two great painters of this era; you are in the Egyptian style, I in themodern style. (to Pablo Picasso)

Cities are the sinks of the human race.

The landscapist lives in silence.

Every now and then I like to do as I'm told, just to confuse people.

Bureaucracy gives birth to itself and then expects maternity benefits.

It is most true, that Truth is a Divine attribute and the foundation of every virtue. To be true, and to seek to find and learn the Truth, are the great objects of every good Mason.

Some interests have got a footing on the earth which we have not made sufficient allowance for.

You have to work more than your adversary.

Bird cage is nice only when it is empty!

What comes, will go. What is found, will be lost again. But what you are is beyond coming and going and beyond description.

I do no writing while I'm in Belgrade visiting my grandma.

Looking back... it's hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years. When you look at all the things that have happened in the world, it seems very small.