"I dream my painting and I paint my dream."
Art
"Life is itself only a shadow or a dream."
Life
"I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it."
Education
"For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream."
Dreams
"I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day."
Nature
"Courage is nothing without love."
Courage
"There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people."
Love
"I want to touch people with my art."
Art
"The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again."
Hope
"What am I in the eyes of most people - a nonentity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person - somebody who has no position in society and never will have; in short, the lowest of the low. All right, then - even if that were absolutely true, then I should one day like to show by my work what such an eccentric, such a nobody, has in his heart."
Perseverance
"I am convinced more and more every day that the conquest of beauty is made by abandoning the search for truth."
Beauty
"If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced."
Courage
"I experience a period of frightening confusion."
Fear
"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough."
Time
"I came to realize my vocation was my only reason to be."
Work
"It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength."
Strength
"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together."
Success
"I don't think I'm made for marriage."
Relationships
"Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination."
Imagination
"You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you."
Kindness
"There may be a great fire in our heart, yet no one ever comes to warm themselves at it."
Solitude
"I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process."
Work
"Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high."
Wisdom
"There's so much beauty in learning."
Knowledge
"The earth has enough for everyone's need, but not everyone's greed."
Justice
"One cannot always be alone; one has to listen to other people too."
Friendship
"I think it is much more beautiful to live like that without falseness or pride."
Truth
"How lovely yellow is! It strikes me as a color full of health and energy."
Beauty
"Peace first with yourself, and peace will come to all the world."
Peace
"Great things never came from comfort zones."
Change