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

There are colors which cause each other to shine brilliantly, which form a couple which complete each other like man and woman.

Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.

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

Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me.

In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism, skepticism and humbug, and we shall want to live more musically.

I consciously choose the dog's path through life. I shall be poor; I shall be a painter.