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

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

“The only time I feel alive is when I'm painting.”

“When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion, then I go out and paint the stars.”

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

“I can't change the fact that my paintings don't sell. But the time will come when people will recognize that they are worth more than the value of the paints used in the picture.”

“At present I absolutely want to paint a starry sky. It often seems to me that night is still more richly coloured than the day; having hues of the most intense violets, blues and greens. If only you pay attention to it you will see that certain stars are lemon-yellow, others pink or a green, blue and forget-me-not brilliance. And without my expatiating on this theme it is obvious that putting little white dots on the blue-black is not enough to paint a starry sky.”