"Friday 11. I have found there [at the [[w:Mauritshuis|museum 'Mauritshuis'] ]] already refuge - in front of Potter's …"

"..so much is certain at least that seeing and studying the great Dutch masters arouse and encourage me to follow natu…"

"Now one thing is annoying and no one can change this. It is that the days are so horribly short because of the dark w…"

"I agree completely with your remark that in the struggle against nature lies already a part of art, and really pleasa…"

"The moon appeared for some time [in the Savoy, Switzerland] and the rocks seemed to be much bigger than they were. Th…"

"All I can tell is that they [some small landscapes Bilders painted in Savoy, which were exhibited there] are more bla…"

"Yesterday I received a letter from my father [ Dutch landscape-painter J. W. Bilders.] He told me to come at once, to…"

"If you ever want to see the 'Nightwatch' [by Rembrandt ] at its best, visit it at two o'clock, half past three aftern…"

"I am searching for a tone, which we call 'colored grey'. I mean that all colors, even the strongest, can be brought t…"

"To preserve the sense of the 'grey' even in the most powerful green is amazingly difficult and whoever discovers it w…"