"So don't study and swot too much, because that makes for sterility. Enjoy yourself too much rather than too little, and don't take art or love too seriously either — one can do little about it oneself…"

"He understands, that goes without saying, that he has had a bout of insanity and this thought grieves and revolts him at the same time."

"I want to do figures, figures and more figures, it's stronger than me, this series of bipeds from the baby to Socrates and from the black-haired woman with white skin to the woman with yellow hair and…"

"I want to paint humanity, humanity and nothing else."

"I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day."