The reason some portraits don't look true to life is that some people make no effort to resemble their pictures.
I always saw what other could not but I never saw what others did.
Children are the most cruel creatures in the world. They are ready to kill anytime.
When all the genius die, I will live in loneliness.
“The natural formation of the country is the soldier’s best ally”
If you understand a painting beforehand, you might as well not paint it.
The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.
I felt a determination cover my body like a quilt on a winter night.
you must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.
Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.
“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.”
Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and she is too old.
The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.
We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.
The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.
Earth laughs in flowers.
Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
Grief is the price we pay for love.
I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.
There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
Charity creates a multitude of sins.
Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.