"I'm completely worn out. I need a long vacation."

"Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It's enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it."

"It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare."

"I'm completely exhausted. I can't paint another stroke."

"These palm trees [in Bordighera, Italy] are driving me crazy; and also the motifs are extremely difficult to render, to put down on canvas; everywhere is so lush."