To act on the world one must die to oneself. Man is not placed on the earth merely to be happy; nor is he placed here merely to be honest, he is here to accomplish great things through society, to arrive at nobleness, and to outgrow the vulgarity in which the existence of almost all individuals drags on.
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.
Someone has a great fire in his soul and nobody ever comes to warm themselves at it, and passers-by see nothing but a little smoke at the top of the chimney and then go on their way.
Nature is the best way of understanding art; painters teach us to see.
Everything is at once reality and symbol.