“...I associate memories of Kasatkin with memories of my school life at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, since under Kasatkin I entered the School, he was my first teacher and helped in many ways in organizing my personal life . ... Honoring him as a teacher and friend, I still try to approach him as impartially as possible in describing his personality and, along with his great positive qualities, I will not hide the features that brought some coldness to his relations with students and fellow Wanderers...”