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

"I'm absolutely exhausted. I haven't slept in days."

"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 …"

"The motif is insignificant for me; what I want to reproduce is what exists between the motif and me."

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