“Money makes the man a beast.”

“Fortune is beastly — it is only suitable for cows and businessmen.”

“Every man must settle down once in a lifetime.”

“A man who has not suffered has nothing to tell with his paintings.”

“We...believe that art is religious, because it is one of man's highest aspirations. There is no such thing as pagan art, only good and bad art.”

“...and rout the magical mystical moonlight with fierce proof of its own greater power to light, to heat, to make everything known.”

“Listen, my friend, all forms that exist in God's universe can be found in the human figure. A man's body and face can tell everything he represents. So how could I ever exhaust my interest in it?”