“I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some kind of a Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer.”

“I didn't expect to recover from my second operation but since I did, I consider that I'm living on borrowed time. Every day that dawns is a gift to me and I take it in that way. I accept it gratefully without looking beyond it. I completely forget my physical suffering and all the unpleasantness of my present condition and I think only of the joy of seeing the sun rise once more and of being able to work a little bit, even under difficult conditions.”

“Derive happiness in oneself from a good day’s work, from illumination the fog that surround”

“I am unable to make any distinction between the feeling I get from life and the way I translate that feeling into painting.”

“I am unable to distinguish between the feeling I have for life and my way of expressing it.”

“I do not distinguish between the construction of a book and that of a painting and I always proceed from the simple to the complex." - 1946”

“...for whether we want to or not, we belong to our time and we share in its opinions, its feelings, even its delusions.”