1. “When you do a thing with your whole soul and everything that is noble within you, you always find your counterpart.”
2. “The whole world is beautiful, the art is in the seeing.”
3. “Don’t be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes.”
4. “Observe that it is a great error to beieve that all mediums of art are not closely tied to the time.”
5. “It is the brushwork of the right value and color which should produce the drawing.”
6. “Everything is beautiful, all that matters is to be able to interpret.”
7. “God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.”
8. “Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.”
9. “It is absurd to look for perfection.”
10. “Paint is the essential character of things.”
