"I have no imagination. I never plan a drawing, they just happen."

"I’m without a teacher. My teacher... God has sent me teachers: the angel that stands by me, stands by me and directs …"

"My, my. I don’t know how I did it. (Laughs) But I did it."

"My whole life has been dreams."

"I had day visions — they would take advantage of me."

"Something told me to draw or die."

"Enjoying an extraordinary knowledge of languages (ancient and modern), literature, and art, by his cultured personali…"

"Ideally, if anything were any good, it would be indescribable."

"I think style chooses you... if I could choose, I would write like Jane Austen and I would draw like Rembrandt."

"If you're doing nonsense it has to be rather awful, because there'd be no point. I'm trying to think if there's sunny…"