I feel such a creative force in me: I am convinced that there will be a time when, let us say, I will make something good every day , on a regular basis....I am doing my very best to make every effort because I am longing so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things mean painstaking work, disappointment, and perseverance.

We have very beautiful bad weather here at present - rain, wind, thunder - but with splendid effects; that's why I like it.

It is with the reading of books the same as with looking at pictures; one must, without doubt, without hesitations, with assurance, admire what is beautiful.

The laws of color are unutterably beautiful, just because they are not accidental.

Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death be like autumn leaves. Rabindranath Tagore What a simple thing death is, just as simple as the falling of an autumn leaf.

I long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort and disappointment and perseverance.

Here everything is so wholly what I consider beautiful. In other words, there is peace here.

To save a life is a real and beautiful thing. To make a home for the homeless, yes, it is a thing that must be good; whatever the world may say, it cannot be wrong.