"I want the unobtainable. Other artists paint a bridge, a house, a boat… I want to paint the air that surrounds the bridge, the house, the boat – the beauty of the air in which these objects are locate…"

"The fog is so thick, it's like a dream. I am working, but it is like working in a dream."

"I am very much upset. I am working very hard, but I am not satisfied with anything."

"I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers."

"I'm in a foul mood, furious at myself. It's going very badly, I'm not pleased with anything I do, and I destroy as fast as I paint."