1. “Art is a line around you thoughts.”
2. “There is nothing that special to see when looking at me.”
3. “There is always hope, as long as the canvases are empty.”
4. “There is no self-portrait of me.”
5. “Even when I have to write a simple letter I’m scared stiff as if faced with looming seasickness.”
6. “I can paint and draw. I believe this myself and a few people say that they believe this too. But I’m not certain of whether it’s true.”
7. “True relaxation, which would do me the world of good, does not exist for me.”
8. “Whoever wants to know something about me – as an artist which alone is significant – they should look attentively at my picture and there seek to recognise what I am and what I want.”
9. “Sometimes I miss out the morning’s painting session and instead study my Japanese books in the open.”
10. “Although even when I am being idle I have plenty of food for thought both early and late – thoughts both about and not about art .”
