"I never had one [a studio] and personally I don't understand why would want to shut themselves up in some room. Maybe for drawing, sure, but not for painting."

"My life has been nothing but a failure, and all that's left for me to do is to destroy my paintings before I disappear."

"I'm having a very bad day. I feel like crying."

"I'm absolutely fed up with painting. I'm going to give it all up."

"These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession for me. It is beyond my strength as an old man, and yet I want to render what I feel."