To any artist, worthy of the name, all in nature is beautiful, because his eyes, fearlessly accepting all exterior truth, read there, as in an open book, all the inner truth.

There is no need to create. Genius comes only to those who know how to use their eyes and their intelligence.

Mystery is like a kind of atmosphere which bathes the greatest works of the masters.

I am like a moon that shines on an immense, unknown sea where ships never pass

An artist worthy of the name should express all the truth of nature, not only the exterior truth, but also, and above all, the inner truth.

The artist enriches the soul of humanity. _x000D_ The artist delights people with _x000D_ a thousand different shades of feeling.