"Man is a part of nature, and his feelings are part of nature."

"I paint the states of the soul."

"What I am seeking is not the real and not the unreal but rather the unconscious, the mystery of the instinctive in the human race."

"Through art I have tried to get clarity in my life. I have tried to find a light in the darkness."

"My fear of life is necessary to me, as is my illness. They are indistinguishable from me, and their destruction would destroy my art."