As a painter I shall never signify anything of importance. I feel it Absolutely.

In spite of everything, I shall rise again

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.

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.

To suffer without complaint is the only lesson we have to learn in this life

What I need is courage, and this often fails me. And it is also a fact that since my disease, when I am in the fields I am overwhelmed by a feeling of loneliness to such a horrible extent that I shy away from going out. But this will change all the same as time goes on. Only when I stand a painting before my easel do I feel somewhat alive. Never mind, this is going to change too, for now my health is so good that I suppose the physical part of me will gain the victory.

No blue without yellow and without orange, and if you do blue, then do yellow and orange as well, surely.