"I can’t change the fact that my paintings don’t sell. But the time will come when people will recognize that they are worth more than the value of the paints used in the picture."

"Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul."

"I am not afraid of death, I am afraid of not living."

"Art is to console those who are broken by life."

"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."