"I'm completely worn out. I can't go on like this."

"How I dream of Giverny in this lovely weather and envy you for being there, you have no idea. But I am a prisoner and must see it through, despite being completely drained. It's exhausting and I'm wor…"

"I have never had a studio, and I do not understand shutting oneself up in a room. To draw, yes; to paint, no."

"I'm completely beside myself with rage and despair."

"I am very depressed and deeply disgusted with painting. It is really a continual torture."