One must work and dare if one really wants to live.

But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.

There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.

It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling for the things themselves, for reality is more important than the feeling for pictures.

I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.

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

Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.

If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things.

Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.

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

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.

In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.

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

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.

Those Dutchmen had hardly any imagination or fantasy, but their good taste and their scientific knowledge of composition were enormous.

The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others.

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

The way to know life is to love many things.

Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.

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

I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.

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