"I am having enormous difficulties, and I'm very discouraged."

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

"While you philosophically seek the world in and of itself, I simply focus my efforts on a maximum number of appearances, in close correlation with unknown realities."

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

"I'm so tired of this life. I wish I could just disappear."