"When you go out to paint, try to forget what objects you have before you, a tree, a house, a field or whatever."

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

"I am following Nature without being able to grasp her..."

"I'm working like a madman, but I'm not satisfied with anything."

"The fog is so thick that you can't see the end of your nose. It's really too much! I'm completely disheartened."