For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating, rejuvenating, exciting and satisfying.

I am gradually approaching the period in my life when work comes first. When both the boys went away for Easter, I hardly did anything but work. Worked, slept,…

There must be understanding between the artist and the people. In the best ages of art that has always been the case. Genius can probably run on ahead and seek…

My work is not, of course, pure art in the sense that Schmidt-Rottluff's is, but it is art nonetheless... It is all right with me that my work serves a purpose…