For me, the subject is of secondary importance: I want to convey what is alive between me and the subject.

I have made tremendous efforts to work in a darker register and express the sinister and tragic quality of the place, given my natural tendency to work in light and pale tones.

Zaandam has enough to paint for a lifetime.

Despite my extremely modest prices, dealers and art lovers are turning their backs on me. It is very depressing to see the lack of interest shown in an art object which has no market value.

I don’t think I’m made for any earthly kind of pleasure.

These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession.

It is only too easy to catch people's attention by doing something worse than anyone else has dared to do it before.