I have no fear of photography as long as it cannot be used in heaven and in hell.

Without fear and illness, I could never have accomplished all I have

Without anxiety and illness I would have been like a ship without a rudder.

If what you want to paint is the emotive mood in all its strength... then you must not sit and stare at everything and depict it exactly as one sees it.

In common with Michelangelo and Rembrandt I am more interested in the line, its rise and fall, than in color

At different moments you see with different eyes. You see differently in the morning than you do in the evening. In addition, how you see is also dependent on your emotional state. Because of this, a motif can be seen in many different ways, and this is what makes art interesting.

I do not paint what I see, but what I saw.