My fear of life is necessary to me, as is my illness. Without anxiety and illness, I am a ship without a rudder. My art is grounded in reflections over being different from others. My sufferings are part of my self and my art. They are indistinguishable from me, and their destruction would destroy my art. I want to keep those sufferings

In my childhood I always felt that I was treated unjustly, without a mother, sick, and with the threat of punishment in Hell hanging over my head

A person himself believes that all the other portraits are good likenesses except the one of himself.

Colors live a remarkable life of their own after they have been applied to the canvas.

All art, literature, and music must be born in your heart's blood. Art is your heart's blood.

It is better to have a good painting with ten holes than ten bad paintings without any holes.

My breakthrough came very late in life, really only starting when I was 50...I had the strength for new deeds and ideas.