"The sea – it is as incomprehensible as existence – it is incomprehensible as death – as eternal as longing."

"The sun no longer gives light. The sky is black. The earth is an empty space."

"My fear of life is necessary to me, as is my illness. They are indistinguishable from me, and their destruction would destroy my art."

"The camera cannot compete with the brush and the palette so long as it cannot be used in heaven or hell."

"Death is the end of everything, but it is also the beginning of something new."