"It is my intention, never to start with modeling directly . In my view this is the task of the sculptor. I am modeling 'the surfaces'. Not only concerning the volumes, but also concerning the flat hues, in which I try to achieve the most subtle distinctions. I don't care for external effects. It is always the high values of the surfaces which create the painting. I always get an unbelievable rich variety of facets. Not only the colors, which thereby preserve its power, but also the color-hues are clearly distinguished from each other by no other means than the brush-stroke."

“.. will now work on the painting 'The bitch in Heat', I have studies of the subject for a long time already. Actually it can better be called 'The fight therefore', because in the composition in the background three large dogs have a furious fight together.”

“At the moment we are back in L. in Houthem St. Gerlach, already a fortnight. I collected already a lot here. We left when it was not yet spring - just to see everything coming out against those beautiful hilly fields. That Country of Bemelen is so beautiful, I have made jottings . Before that I made a very important drawing. A young Limburger .. ..especially from that subject I wanted to make a deeper psychological study now. I am not quite ready for that yet, but that is a nice goal of my trip, to look closely into that matter once more.”

“many free images of Kruyder's paintings in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam”

“I think I am a tough mountaineer who, when he has the top in sight, is bounced off again , but some day I will succeed.. .I must do it, there is no other way for me. It is always such a pity that Jo is cracked up so quickly, otherwise I didn't mind very much.”

“Now I am not a supporter of a contract. But in these circumstances that I have now ended up in - temporarily I hope - it would be very welcome. Then at least I can work quietly in this misery just at the moment when I almost reached the top of the mountain. You will receive all my new works for that, and if necessary.. ..a choice from my older work.”

“.. coloration, monumentallity and bewildering deformations of human physical and psychic properties..”