"Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me. I see paintings or drawings in the poorest cottages, in the dirtiest corners. And my mind is drive…"

"And the painter of the future will be a colorist such as has not yet been seen."

"So don't study and swot too much, because that makes for sterility. Enjoy yourself too much rather than too little, and don't take art or love too seriously either — one can do little about it oneself…"

"I want to paint like I see the world, not like the world wants to be seen."

"Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again."