"For the great doesn't happen through impulse alone, and is a succession of little things that are brought together."

"I've never felt a desire (and I don't believe I ever shall) to bring the public to my work... a certain popularity seems to me the least desirable of things."

"I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day; having hues of the most intense violets, blues and greens. If only you pay attention to it you will see that certain st…"

"I'm not making a point of it, because the painting is one of the ugliest I've done. It's the equivalent, though different, of the potato eaters. I've tried to express the terrible human passions with …"

"Next, I'm attempting to do dusty thistles with a great swarm of butterflies swirling above them."