Occupation: Painter Birth: March 30, 1853 Death: July 29, 1890
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 supp….
Everywhere we look, complex magic of nature blazes before our eyes..
I confess I do not know why, but looking at the stars always makes me dream..
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?.
Art is to console those who are broken by life..
Exaggerate the essential, leave the obvious vague..
If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced..
The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others..
Find things beautiful as much as you can, most people find too little beautiful..
All art is a gift. It is first of all a gift that the maker can do it. It is then a gift to someone else, whether they pay for it or not. The wonder ….
The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too.
One must never let the fire go out in one's soul, but keep it burning..
I am always doing what I can't do yet in order to learn how to do it..
Color in a picture is like enthusiasm in life..
Great things do not just happen by impulse, but as a succession of small things linked together..
The great artist is the simplifier..
Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck, your profession is what you're put here on earth to do, with such passion and such inte….
I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process..
If one truly loves nature one finds beauty everywhere..
Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it..
Doing little things well is a step toward doing big things better..