"I burned with wine and memory of the dark eyes—I was intense and talked to Fru L of love and pleasure."

"Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye… it also includes the inner pictures of the soul."

"I am a wanderer, always searching for something I cannot find."

"The only way to understand art is to feel it."

"I thought I should make something – I felt it would be so easy – it would take form under my hands like magic. Then people would see!"