"Do you remember how beautiful it was, and that silly Mondrian and those silly Buddha positions right in the middle at…"

"The simple natural form doesn't exist for the new artist; there is only a expressive one.. .But is is more difficult …"

".. What I made here up to now [Paris, 1920] is not very special. Only a painting of my head and Eddy [her son Edgar] …"

"It is always the same: a struggle between making love and working. Together, that is almost impossible - at least for…"

"You [Plasschaert] wrote about the third dimension in the [magazine] 'De Groene' - that I was searching for to learn. …"

"Later, when F. [Henk Fernhout, her former husband, until c. 1916-17; he was an alcoholic] was more and more from home…"

"The new artist-society will consist of painters, sculptors and architects. The founders don’t intend that the charact…"

"..a painted or drawn portrait should look more alike than a photo. A photo only presents the moment itself, but in a …"

"Made desperate attempts - worked for 3 weeks on a self-portrait [in Paris] intended for you, have scratched off every…"

"We can often characterize the painting art of Charley Toorop as Veristic. She is an Expressionist who wants to be un-…"