Claude Monet

I am following nature without being able to grasp her, I perhaps should have been a painter from the beginning.

I am more and more convinced that the true painter is the one who paints what he sees, not what he feels.

I'm not good for anything except painting and gardening.

I have never had a studio, and I think that studios are only good for people who are not sure of their own work.

I'm not a man of words; I'm a man of paint.

I am working hard, and I am trying to capture the fleeting moment, the light, the atmosphere.

I want to paint as if I were a bird, flying over the landscape.

The only way to paint is to paint what you see, and to paint it as you see it.

I have to work constantly to get the effects I want, and I often fail.

I am trying to render what I feel, not what I see.

I want to paint the impossible, the fleeting moment, the light that changes every second.

I am trying to paint the impression of what I see, not the object itself.

I am trying to capture the light, the atmosphere, the moment.

I am trying to paint the air, the light, the water, the reflections.

I am trying to paint the feeling of the landscape, not just the landscape itself.

I am trying to paint the beauty of nature, the way it changes with the light.

I am trying to paint the truth of what I see, not what I think I see.

I am trying to paint the fleeting moment, the changing light, the movement of the water.

I am trying to paint the atmosphere, the feeling of the place.

I am trying to paint the light as it falls on objects, not the objects themselves.