Fortunately for me, I know well enough what I want, and am basically utterly indifferent to the criticism that I work to hurriedly. In answer to that, I have done some things even more hurriedly theses last few days.

In trees, I see expression and soul

Success is sometimes the outcome of a whole string of failures.

Rembrandt is so deeply mysterious that he says things for which there are no words in any language.

I see more and more that my work goes infinitely better when I am properly fed, and the paints are there, and the studio and all that... I wish I could manage to make you really understand that when you give money to artists, you are yourself doing an artist's work, and that I only want my pictures to be of such a quality that you will not be too dissatisfied with your work.

The victory one would gain after a whole life of work and effort is better than one that is gained sooner.

I try more and more to be myself, caring relatively little whether people approve or disapprove.