For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.

I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.

I have ... a terrible need ... shall I say the word? ... of religion. Then I go out at night and paint the stars.

I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.

What molting time is to birds, so adversity or misfortune is . . . for us humans.

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties, the inmost strength of the heart is developed.

Conscience is a man’s compass, and though the needle sometimes deviates, though one often perceives irregularities in directing one’s course by it, still one must try to follow its direction.

The best way to know God is to love many things.

What would life be like if we had no courage to attempt anything?

If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.