The only thing to do is to go one's own way, to try one's best, to make the thing live.

We take death to reach a star

I can't change the fact that my paintings don't sell. But the time will come when people will recognize that they are worth more than the value of the paints used in the picture.

I am risking my life for my work, and half my reason has gone.

When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.

The emotions are sometimes so strong that I work without knowing it. The strokes come like speech.

Do not become the slave of your model.