By working hard, old man, I hope to make something good one day. I haven't yet, but I am pursuing it and fighting for it . . . .

It astonishes me already when I compare my condition today with what it was a month ago. Before that I knew well enough one could fracture one's legs and arms and recover afterward, but I did not know that you could fracture the brain in your head and recover from that too.

My sketchbook is a witness of what I am experiencing, scribbling things whenever they happen.

I am an artist... It's self-evident that what that word implies is looking for something all the time without ever finding it in full. It is the opposite of saying, 'I know all about it. I've already found it.' As far as I'm concerned, the word means, 'I am looking. I am hunting for it. I am deeply involved.'

I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.

I take great care of myself by carefully shutting myself away.

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