"The uglier, older, meaner, iller, poorer I get, the more I wish to take my revenge by doing brilliant colour, well arranged, resplendent."

"I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say 'he feels deeply, he feels tenderly'."

"It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well."

"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..."

"What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?"