Everything Changes, Even Stone.

Impressionism Is Only Direct Sensation. All Great Painters Were Less Or More Impressionists. It Is Mainly A Question Of Instinct, And Much Simpler Than [john Singer] Sargent Thinks.

Zaandam Has Enough To Paint For A Lifetime.

All I Did Was To Look At What The Universe Showed Me, To Let My Brush Bear Witness To It.

For Almost Two Months Now I've Been Struggling Away With No Result.

No One But Myself Knows The Anxiety I Go Through And The Trouble I Give Myself To Finish Paintings Which Do Not Satisfy Me And Seem To Please So Very Few Others.