"Occasionally, in times of worry, I've longed to be stylish, but on second thought I say no—just let me be myself—and express rough, yet true things with rough workmanship."

"I can’t change the fact that my paintings don’t sell. But the time will come when people will recognize that they are worth more than the value of the paints used in the picture."

"The way to know life is to love many things."

"I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day."

"I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process."