What a splendid thing watercolour is to express atmosphere and distance, so that the figure is surrounded by air and can breathe in it.

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

To the one party, woman is always heresy and diabolical. To me, the opposite.

If one feels the need of something grand, something infinite, something that makes one feel aware of God, one need not go far to find it.

The cure for him would be to take a good long look at some potato plants, which have lately had such a deep and distinctive colour and tone, instead of driving himself mad looking at pieces of yellow satin and gold leather.

I must continue to follow the path I take now. If I do nothing, if I study nothing, if I cease searching, then, woe is me, I am lost. That is how I look at it - keep going, keep going come what may.

As you can see, I am immersing myself in color-I've held back from that until now; and I don't regret it.