"I was flattered by your two letters, as I have the deepest admiration for Japanese art and a great liking for the Japanese people […]. It is with the greatest pleasure that I received your pretty prin…"

"Now I really feel the landscape. I can be bold and include every tone of pink and blue: it's enchanting, it's delicious."

"I'm having a terrible time with my eyes. I can barely see."

"We are so lucky to be painters. We see so much beauty."

"I would like to paint the way a bird sings."