"Believe me that sometimes I laugh heartily because people suspect me of all kinds of malignity and absurdity, of which not a hair of my head is guilty — I, who am really no one but a friend of nature,…"

"I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day; having hues of the most intense violets, blues and greens. If only you pay attention to it you will see that certain st…"

"What is done in love is done well."

"To the best of my knowledge, those words mean 'I seek, I pursue, my heart is in it.'"

"I am a peasant, and I paint peasants."