"..drivers, docker and skippers.. ..at the canal the whole day they are loading peat and every horse stands still for …"

"My surprise and thanks are great.. ..and what a package. What attracts me most of all, yes, really gives me great joy…"

"Yet I would like to get acquainted with Japanese drawings or paintings.. ..especially as they appreciate birds so str…"

"They say that he [ Floris Verster ] has made beautiful impressionist things in the past, afterwards he suddenly has a…"

"For example, in recent times I was looking to avoid in my works the greasy parts, which in the dark places [of the pa…"

"It [an owl] is like coming from a fairy-tale, something royal fragile, something that you would never want to touch, …"

"While holding a keen eye on all the yelling at the markets, let's prefer to stay away from many of those things that …"

"Besides, the entire impressionism usually presented merely the things from the outside. And sometimes they did it so …"

"..the distressing aspect of [[w:Vincent van Gogh|Vincent [van Gogh],]] who often presents things so tightly and so pa…"

".. a crow, a quick, tame animal with immaculate feathering walks around here at home; I hope to be able to benefit a …"