"The way to know life is to love many things."

"...and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?"

"In the poorest little house, in the filthiest corner, I see paintings or drawings. And my mind turns in that direction as if with an irresistible urge."

"My great longing is to learn to make those very incorrectnesses, those deviations, remodellings, changes of reality, so that they may become, yes, untruth if you like - but more true than the literal …"

"Well, well, after all there are so many painters who are cracked in one way or another that little by little I shall be reconciled to it. I understand..."