If I did not succeed I still thought that what I had worked on would be continued. Not immediately. But there are others who believe in things that are true.

Let us keep courage and try to be patient and gentle. And let us not mind being eccentric, and make distinction between good and evil.

A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.

The more ugly, older, more cantankerous, more ill and poorer I become, the more I try to make amends by making my colours more vibrant, more balanced and beaming.

Art is to console those who are broken by life.

One of the hardest things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it.

To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace