There Is Always Hope, As Long As

There Is No Self-portrait Of Me.

On My First Days Here I Did Not Start Work Immediately But, As Planned, I Took It Easy For A Few Days - Flicked Through Books, Studied Japanese Art A Little.

Sometimes I Miss Out The Morning's Painting Session And Instead Study My Japanese Books In The Open.

There Is Always Hope, As Long As The Canvases Are Empty.

I Have Never Painted A Self-portrait. I Am Less Interested In Myself As A Subject For A Painting Than I Am In Other People, Above All Women... There Is Nothing Special About Me. I Am A Painter Who Paints Day After Day From Morning To Night... Who Ever Wants To Know Something About Me... Ought To Look Carefully At My Pictures.