"I'm completely overwhelmed. I'm going to collapse."

"These palm trees [in Bordighera, Italy] are driving me crazy; and also the motifs are extremely difficult to render, to put down on canvas; everywhere is so lush."

"These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession for me. It is beyond my strength as an old man, and yet I want to render what I feel."

"I'm absolutely exhausted. I haven't slept in days."

"Everything changes, even stone."