"Art is a sanctuary from the world."

"Today I want to start working again in earnest – I'm looking forward to it because doing nothing does become rather boring after a while."

"My art is a mirror of my soul."

"I am a painter, who has painted a series of pictures. I don't know what else I am."

"There is no self-portrait of me. I am not interested in myself as a 'subject for painting,' but in others, particularly women."