"By painting colors and lines and forms seen in quickened mood I was seeking to make this mood vibrate as a phonograph does. This was the origin of the paintings in The Frieze of Life."

"The human soul is a vast, unfathomable ocean."

"I was stretched to the limit—nature was screaming in my blood… After that I gave up hope ever of being able to love again."

"I painted the same picture over and over again, the same feelings."

"All art, literature, and music must be born in the heart and soul of man."