"I'm in a foul mood, furious at myself. It's going very badly, I'm not pleased with anything I do, and I destroy as fast as I paint."

"The motif is insignificant for me; what I want to reproduce is what exists between the motif and me."

"I'm not good at anything except painting and gardening."

"It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare."

"Never, even as a child, would I bend to a rule."