For instead of trying to reproduce exactly what I see before me, I make more arbitrary use of colour to express myself more forcefully.

To die for the sake of dying - I prefer to die of passion than to die of boredom!

Everyone who works with love and with intelligence finds in the very sincerity of his love for nature and art a kind of armor against the opinions of other people.

Admire as much as you can. Most people do not admire enough.

My brushwork is quite unsystematic. I slam the paint on in all sorts of ways and leave each result to take care of itself.

God sends us pieces of art so that we may see ourselves in them

When we are working at a difficult task and strive after a good thing, we are fighting a righteous battle, the direct reward of which is that we are kept from much evil.