"I'm not good at anything except painting and gardening."

"Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It's enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it."

"I have never had a studio, and I do not understand shutting oneself up in a room. To draw, yes; to paint, no."

"Impression – I was certain of it. I was just telling myself that, since I was impressed, there had to be some impression in it … and what freedom, what ease of workmanship! Wallpaper in its embryonic …"

"I'm completely desperate. I don't know what to do anymore."