“Recently my father visited me and he was very pleased with my little painting, the one you also found quite good. So this little work, which has cost me so many unpleasant hours, still has delivered me two pleasant moments after all. .. I imagine that I have now gained fresh courage again, because I have to confess that I lowered my courage a bit. I have decided not to overcome by despair so soon again. (translation from Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek).”