“At present, I am mainly observing the physical motion of mountains, water, trees and flowers. One is everywhere reminded of similar movements in the human body, of similar impulses of joy and suffering in plants...”

“I must see new things and investigate them. I want to taste dark water and see crackling trees and wild winds.”

“Bodies have their own light which they consume to live: they burn, they are not lit from the outside.”

“Art cannot be modern. Art is primordially eternal.”

“Poznanie, ktoré sme raz dosiahli, má zvláštnu vlastnosť... akosi ho už nemožno vziať naspäť, nemožno ho vymazať z dejín ľudstva, možno ho len prekonávať poznaním ďalším, hlbším.”

“I am planting a tree in this bomb crater to remind us that in the midst of death, there is life... and hope.”

“Briers do not become flowers when there is no danger present. While the forest has flowering plants, it also has trees and thorned plants. Each is suited to exist as it does and does not wish to become something it is not.”