"It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare."

"I'm completely exhausted. I can't paint another stroke."

"I am following Nature without being able to grasp her... I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers."

"I am more and more fascinated by the reflections of colors in water. It is quite beyond me."

"I am going to send you some more canvases, but I don't know what to do with them. They are all different and I don't know which one to choose."