"My passion has been to stay in contact with nature, and to be concerned with nothing but the truth."

"We are so lucky to be painters. We see so much beauty."

"I am very much upset. I am working very hard, but I am not satisfied with anything."

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

"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."