Exaggerate the essential, leave the obvious vague.

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I confess I do not know why, but looking at the stars always makes me dream.

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Great things do not just happen by impulse, but as a succession of small things linked together.

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Color in a picture is like enthusiasm in life.

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I am always doing what I can't do yet in order to learn how to do it.

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It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill - it's a life which, to put it mildly, makes one an outsider. I'm all right when I completely immerse myself in work, but I'll always remain half crazy.

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Close friends are truly life's treasures. Sometimes they know us better than we know ourselves. With gentle honesty, they are there to guide and support us, to share our laughter and our tears. Their presence reminds us that we are never really alone.

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

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Art is to console those who are broken by life.

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If one truly loves nature one finds beauty everywhere.

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