The older I become the more I realize of that I have to work very hard to reproduce what I search: the instantaneous. The influence of the atmosphere on the things and the light scattered throughout.

It is better to have done something than to have been someone.

No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition.

Listening only to my instincts, I discovered superb things.

I must have flowers, always, and always.

Zaandam has enough to paint for a lifetime.

These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession.