"It's a trade I learned as a youth… when I was unhappy… Perhaps flowers are the reason why I am an artist."

"I'm still fighting with the light, and I'm still not satisfied."

"I'm so fed up with painting. I wish I had never started."

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

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