The landscapist lives in silence.

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

It is well known that reading quickens the growth of a heart like nothing else.

You alone can change the world if you want to.

If there's something you really want to believe, that's what you should question the most.

Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.

Love doesn't try to be efficient; when it is most extravagant, it is least wasted.

Though my own life is filled with activity, letters encourage momentary escape into other lives, and I come back to my own with greater contentment.

I'll be honest with you: love is not always what we think it is. It is a roller coaster ride going through this, and it's beautiful at the same time.

I've never really spent a lot of time thinking about my individual accomplishments actually.

God wants you to be in the world, but so different from the world that you will change it. Get cracking.

That peace which is within us, we must experience it. And if we are searching for peace outside we will never find the peace within.