“Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.”

“Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.”

“Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.”

“Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men”

“True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.”

“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.”