The flat sound of my wooden clogs on the cobblestones, deep, hollow and powerful, is the note I seek in my painting.

In art one is concerned with the condition of the spirit for three quarters of the time; one must therefore care for oneself if he wishes to make something great and lasting.

I have always wanted a mistress who was fat, and I have never found one. To make a fool of me, they are always pregnant.

Go on working, freely and furiously, you will make progress and sooner or later your worth will be recognised, if you have any.

Do you know what will soon be the ultimate in truth?

A bit of advice, don't copy nature too closely. Art is an abstraction; as you dream amid nature, extrapolate art from it, and concentrate on what you will create as a result.

How do you see those tree?... They are yellow. Well then put down yellow. And that shadow is rather blue. So render it with pure ultramarine. Those red leaves? Use vermillion.