It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment. He is born to hopes and aspirations as the sparks fly upward, unless he has brutified his nature and quenched the spirit of immortality which is his portion.

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to do.

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms, Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Learning to draw is really a matter of learning to see -- to see correctly -- and that means a good deal more than merely looking with the eye.

To write simply is as difficult as to be good.

The Paleolithic hunters who painted the unsurpassed animal murals on the ceiling of the cave at Altamira had only rudimentary tools. Art is older than production for use, and play older than work. Man was shaped less by what he had to do than by what he did in playful moments. It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities.

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them