"The uglier, older, meaner, iller, poorer I get, the more I wish to take my revenge by doing brilliant colour, well arranged, resplendent."

"Take our sister Wil, she has neither drunk nor led a wild life, and yet we know a photograph of her in which she has the look of a madwoman."

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

"Always continue walking a lot and loving nature, for that’s the real way to learn to understand art better and better. Painters understand nature and love it, and teach us to see."

"Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again."