"If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."

"Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempte…"

"Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul."

"I'm not making a point of it, because the painting is one of the ugliest I've done. It's the equivalent, though different, of the potato eaters. I've tried to express the terrible human passions with …"

"I want to be a man of action."