“Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more and more.”

“If you work with love and intelligence, you develop a kind of armour against people's opinions, just because of the sincerity of your love for nature and art. Nature is also severe and, to put it that way, hard, but never deceives and always helps you to move forward.”

“The beginning is perhaps more difficult than anything else, but keep heart, it will turn out all right.”

“There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.”

“One begins by plaguing oneself to no purpose in order to be true to nature, and one concludes by working quietly from one's own palette alone, and then nature is the result.”

“Future generations will probably be able to enlighten us on this very interesting subject, and then science itself—with all due respect—may reach conclusions that are more or less in keeping with Christ's sayings about the other half of our life.”

“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.”