"I am a man who can only paint, and I have never been able to do anything else."

"I'm struggling, I'm fighting, I'm working like a madman, but I'm not getting anywhere."

"If the world really looks like that I will paint no more!"

"I'm having a very hard time with my work. I'm completely discouraged."

"I am completely absorbed in my work, and I am not thinking of anything else."