I look upon all creatures equally; none are less dear to me and none more dear. But those who worship read more

I look upon all creatures equally; none are less dear to me and none more dear. But those who worship me with love live in me, and I come to life in them.

The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.

The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.

No one finds fault with defects which are the result of nature.

No one finds fault with defects which are the result of nature.

Shuddering under the autumn stars, each year, the head sinks lower and lower.

Shuddering under the autumn stars, each year, the head sinks lower and lower.

We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.

We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.

Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.

Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.

Each is like a river that leaves behind its name and shape, the whole course of its path, to vanish read more

Each is like a river that leaves behind its name and shape, the whole course of its path, to vanish into the vast sea of God.

I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.

I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.