I learned early about the misery and dangers of life, and about the afterlife, about the external punishment which awaited the children of sin in Hell.

Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.

I don’t believe in an art that is not born out of man’s need to open his heart.

For as long as I can remember I have suffered from a deep feeling of anxiety which I have tried to express in my art.

The notes I have made are not a diary in the ordinary sense, but partly lengthy records of my spiritual experiences, and partly poems in prose.

The viewers must come to understand the sacredness of painting, so they will remove their hats as if they were in church.

The way one sees is also dependent upon one's emotional state of mind. This is why a motif can be looked at in so many ways, and this is what makes art so interesting.