“I put my heart and soul into my work, and I have lost my mind in the process.”

“I dream my painting and I paint my dream.”

“I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say 'he feels deeply, he feels tenderly'.”

“In my view, I am often immensely rich, not in money, but (although just now perhaps not all the time) rich because I have found my metier, something I can devote myself to heart and soul and that gives inspiration and meaning to my life.”

“...and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?”

“The victory one would gain after a whole life of work and effort is better than one that is gained sooner.”

“That I was not suited to commerce or academic study in no way proves that I should also be unfit to be a painter.”