Claude Monet

"I feel the absolute necessity to express these reflections."

"The most important education is the education of the eye."

"I am following the same path as always."

"With the same scene, if you shift your position even by a few meters, the light changes."

"I see no point in trying to be a great artist if I can't see properly."

"I never look at a painting the same way twice."

"My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece."

"I come to look at my paintings as if they were strangers."

"The day is breaking over the water."

"I must have flowers always and always."

"The main object of the painter should be the representation of movement and of light."

"I think I have finally arrived at understanding my studies."

"When it is dark, the eye is closed to knowledge."

"I have at last found the real beginning of my work."

"I am in raptures over the garden at Giverny."

"The painter should be deaf and blind to be independent."

"My subject is infinite and nothing satisfies me."

"I refuse to accept that my capacity for work must diminish with age."

"Colors pursue me like a form of anguish even in sleep."

"I'm terrified I'm going to go blind."

"Every day I am amazed at what I can still do."

"The power of light is everything in painting."

"Art is not about creating, but about finding."

"I am increasingly dependent on this work."

"The real shock is always when you confront reality with the painting."

"I want to paint the effect of the moment."

"To appreciate fully, the subject must be viewed with fresh eyes each day."

"The artist must forget what instruments he is using."

"Only when you strip everything away do you see what remains."

"I must paint what I feel about nature, not just what I see."