Alexej von Jawlensky

"My friends, the apples that I love for their delightful red, yellow, mauve and green clothing cease to be apples for me when I see them against this or that background, in such or such surroundings.. …"

"His pictures remind me of my own in the strength of their expression. I have a passionate love for Nolde and his art."

"I am now mainly painting faces and landscapes; I am obsessed day and night by the vision of faces and colours. And the spiritual vision is my mystical world."

"From then on I used to go to the Tretyakov Gallery every Sunday, arriving very early and staying there without eating until closing time at three o'clock. It was a tremendous experience for me, like g…"

"I was taken to see the World Exhibition in Moscow . I found it all very boring. But when I came to a section devoted to art – there were only paintings, and this was the first time of my life I had se…"

"This Spring of 1911 Marianne von Werefkin Andrei, Helene and I went to Prerow on the Baltic . For me that summer meant a great step forward in my art. I painted my finest landscapes there as well as l…"

"My paintings were aglow with colors and so my soul was contended with them."

"..human faces are for me only suggestions to see something else in them – the life of colour, seized with a lover's passion."