It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.
What I need most of all is color, always, always.
These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession.
My work is always better when I am alone and follow my own impressions.
Zaandam has enough to paint for a lifetime.
It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.