It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all to prudent.

But after all I find in my work an echo of what struck me. I see that nature has told me something, has spoken to me, and that I have put it down in shorthand. In my shorthand there may be words that cannot be deciphered. There may be mistakes or gap

Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.

It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent.

Those Dutchmen had hardly any imagination or fantasy, but their good taste and their scientific knowledge of composition were enormous.

In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.