claude monet

“ Finally here is a beautiful day, a superb sun like at Giverny. So I worked without stopping, for the tide at this moment is just as I need it for several motifs. This has bucked me up a bit. ”

“ Impressionism is only direct sensation. All great painters were less or more impressionists. It is mainly a question of instinct, and much simpler than John Singer Sargent thinks. ”

“ I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers. ”

“ Without fog, London would not be a beautiful city. It is the fog that gives it its magnificent breadth. ”

“ My work is always better when I am alone and follow my own impressions. ”

“ One day Boudin said to me, 'Learn to draw well and appreciate the sea, the light, the blue sky.' I took his advice. ”

“ My wish is to stay always like this, living quietly in a corner of nature. ”

“ The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute. ”

“ Ninety percent of the theory of Impressionist painting is in Ruskin's Elements. ”

“ I'm never finished with my paintings; the further I get, the more I seek the impossible and the more powerless I feel. ”