Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, Volume 54, October 29, 1952

The great difficulty of my whole career as a painter, is that what I love most (i.e. weather, change of seasons) not only holds little of interest for most people, but in many of its phases, is downright disagreeable, and not even to be mentioned! I love the approach of winter, the retreat of winter, the change from snow to rain & vice-versa; the decay of vegetation, and the resurgence of plant-life in the spring – These to me are exciting and beautiful, an endless panorama of beauty and drama, but to them, the mass of humanity remains either bored & indifferent or actually hostile – And so I sit among my pictures, neglected, like them, by the buying public. There seems no solution for such a situation.
Charles E. Burchfield, October 29, 1952