We are having wind and rain here, and I am very glad not to be alone. I work from memory on bad days, and that would not do if I were alone.

I never get tired of the blue sky.

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

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

I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.

If you end up falling in love with someone, it's because of them. If you end up hating someone, it's because of you.

And in a picture I want to say something comforting, as music is comforting.