I believe that it may happen that one will succeed, and one must not begin to despair, even though defeated here and there; and even though one sometimes feels a kind of decay, though things go differently from the expected, it is necessary to take heart again and new courage. For the great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. And great things are not something accidental, but must certainly be willed. What is drawing? How does one learn it? It is working through an invisible iron wall that seems to stand between what one feels and what one can do.

I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.

I can't change the fact that my paintings don't sell. But the time will come when people will recognize that they are worth more than the value of the paints u…

I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.

I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitme…

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

Our greatest glory consists not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall.