One of the things I'd learned. . . was how to take a compliment. Just say, "Thank you. " It's the only response a confident person can make.
the more I live, the more I regret how little i know
My work is always better when I am alone and follow my own impressions.
I know that to paint the sea really well, you need to look at it every hour of every day in the same place so that you can understand its way in that particular spot; and that is why I am working on the same motifs over and over again, four or six times even.
I had so much fire in me and so many plans.
Lots of people will protest that it's quite unreal and that I'm out of my mind, but that's just too bad
These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession.
Loneliness is more painful than being hurt
I'll see a celadon green room in an 18th century New Hampshire house and just fall in love. Colors stay in my head.
Soul of the universe, Sire, God, Creator, Lord, I believe in Thee, 'neath all these names: And without having need to hear thy word, In the sky's brow my glorious creed I trace.
Do not imprison those about you to your way of thinking; give your companion the opportunity to interpret life as freely as you do.