It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill- it's a life which, to put it mildly, makes one an outsider. I'm all right when I completely immerse myself in work, but I'll always remain half crazy.

It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to. . . . The feeling for the things themselves, for reality, is more imp…

It is true that every day has its own evil, and its good too. But how difficult must life be, especially farther on when the evil of each day increases as far …

It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all to prudent.

A weaver who has to direct and to interweave a great many little threads has no time to philosophize about it, rather, he is so absorbed in his work that he do…

After all I find in my work an echo of what struck me. I see that nature has told me something, has spoken to me, and that I have put it down in shorthand. In …

I have drawn into myself so much that I literally do not see any other people anymore - excepting the peasants with whom I have direct contact, since I paint t…