"[four years younger!], you better paint houses, you better focus yourself on townscapes. (translation from original D…"

"Cheerfully and cheerily, I started working once more in giant steps to the second painting by Mr Twent. [of the , the…"

"Here are 3 drawings that I have made for You. It will be satisfactory, if it will meet your expectation and what it i…"

"You can't sell anything to the museum nowadays. If one presents something now, one is partly rejected because they ha…"

"..when the terrible storm and high flood of water raged most fearfully, I went to Schevelinge.. ..sea and sky seemed …"

"..[both of us (Schelfhout ànd J.C. Schotel)] make each a painting that together will form one view, as it were [view …"

"..and since we are now living in the Summer-time, I don't have a trick to imagine me Winter so strongly that I would …"

"Do you like to see what can be transformed from a flat, elementary rural scene - bearing the stamp of nature, the mar…"

"Only the way Schelfhout represents winter, in the white garment and with the motley crowd of skaters, we find somethi…"

"S. [Schefhout] was educated in the field his fathers [frame maker].. .. when he came to Brickenheimer because his wis…"