Charley Toorop

"Frankly speaking, I hate modern German art .. .I don't believe it is art. It's Journalism. If you see a work of Braque, there is culture. Yes, it is interesting , but interesting is a nasty word; that…"

"It is always the same: a struggle between making love and working. Together, that is almost impossible - at least for me; struggle between being a woman and creating art."

"Made desperate attempts - worked for 3 weeks on a self-portrait intended for you, have scratched off everything yesterday! Maybe I can go on with it again in the studio ."

"I managed to work two mornings on Eddy's portrait in the large painting 'Three Generations' and I could go on working each morning for 1 1/2 hour., so there is some progress .. ..they come now every m…"

"Vincent van Gogh was already there for me even before I started painting myself, actually during the time I became aware. It was the first dispute with my father who saw it so differently, for me he w…"

"Maybe you don't know enough about the facts - I mean my life history. Probably you can discover everything in my works well enough, but.. .. perhaps it would be good if I visit you some evening, or yo…"

"I don't believe you can really give yourself to a man, you can sympathize with him, if you have your own strong creative life, which brings your own philosophy of life."

"The new artist-society will consist of painters, sculptors and architects. The founders don’t intend that the character of the union will be determined by one single art movement. They believe that th…"