"For a month I have been unable to paint because I lack the colours. That's not important. Right now it's my wife's life in jeopardy that terrifies me. It is unbearable to see her suffer."

"I'm so fed up with painting. I wish I had never started."

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

"I have such a fear of not being able to finish what I have undertaken."

"When you go out to paint, try to forget what objects you have before you, a tree, a house, a field or whatever."