"And as for the causes and consequences of said illness, I think I shall be wise to leave the solving of these problems to the fortuitous discussions of the Dutch catechists, that is to say whether I a…"

"One must spoil as many canvases as one succeeds with."

"What moulting is to birds, the time when they change their feathers, that's adversity or misfortune, hard times, for us human beings. Instead of giving way to despair, I took the way of active melanch…"

"I wish they would only take me as I am."

"I want to paint the impossible."