Claude Monet

"The day is my canvas, and light is my brush."

"I have always envied those who live by the sea."

"Water is the mirror of nature itself."

"Without light, there is no painting."

"I have discovered that I have everything at hand in my own locality."

"The mist and the light are the real stars of my paintings."

"I try to express myself as faithfully as possible."

"Every day brings something new to see for those who look."

"The pleasure of painting comes from the act itself, not the result."

"My life has been nothing if not a constant struggle."

"The eye should learn to see, not to think."

"I would paint my own atmosphere."

"Time is the greatest teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its students."

"To see we must forget the name of the thing one sees."

"I love the light, and I want to express it correctly."

"Nature is constantly changing; the painter must change with it."

"Monet is only an eye, but what an eye!"

"I have spent my whole life learning to paint like a child."

"The beauty of the world lies in the diversity of its perspectives."

"I can only draw what I see before me."

"Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do."

"The same scene looked at a hundred times would give us a hundred different painting."

"I am an old man, but nature keeps me young."

"Light and shadow are not two separate things, but one phenomenon."

"My illness has only confirmed what I thought I knew: the life of the artist is a generous one."

"I must be true to what interests me."

"The moment of creation cannot be planned or forced."

"If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. But I am also obliged to make it true."

"I paint myself, for I am the subject I know best."

"Colors pursue me like a constant anguish."