"Disease, insanity, and death were the angels that attended my cradle, and since then have followed me throughout my life."

"My fear of life is necessary to me, as is my illness. They are indistinguishable from me, and their destruction would destroy my art."

"I paint not what I see, but what I feel."

"There is a battle that goes on between men and women. Many people call it love."

"The only way to understand art is to feel it."