I've Spent So Long On Some Paintings

I'm Continuing To Work Hard, Not Without Periods Of Discouragement, But My Strength Comes Back Again.

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

These Landscapes Of Water And Reflections Have Become An Obsession. It's Quite Beyond My Powers At My Age, And Yet I Want To Succeed In Expressing What I Feel.

I Am Good At Only Two Things, And Those Are Gardening And Painting.

Critic Asks: 'and What, Sir, Is The Subject Matter Of That Painting?' - 'the Subject Matter, My Dear Good Fellow, Is The Light.