"The fog is so thick that you can't see the end of your nose. It's really too much! I'm completely disheartened."

"I want to paint the light, and I want to paint the air."

"Everything changes, even stone."

"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."

"I am a man who can only paint, and I have never been able to do anything else."