Claude Monet

I am working on a series of water lilies, and I am trying to capture the changing light throughout the day.

I am so happy to be able to paint, it is my only joy.

I am struggling with the colors, they are so difficult to capture.

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

I am working on a series of grainstacks, and I am trying to capture the different seasons.

I am so happy to be in Giverny, it is my paradise.

I am working on a series of water lilies, and I am trying to capture the reflections of the sky.

I am so tired of exhibitions, they are so much trouble.

I want to paint the vibration of the air.

I am working on a series of water lilies, and I am trying to capture the light at different times of day.

My only merit is to have painted directly in front of nature, seeking to render my impressions of the most fleeting effects.

I am following nature without being able to grasp her, I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.

I want to paint the air in which the bridge, the house, the boat are to be found.

The motif is insignificant to me; what I want to reproduce is what exists between the motif and me.

It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must persevere. For the art of painting all depends on this.

I'm working hard, I'm struggling with nature, and I don't think I'm making much progress.

I am still of the opinion that the only good painting is that which is done from nature.

I have never had a studio, and I don't understand how one can shut oneself up in a room to paint.

I have painted for fifty years and I have always been a beginner.

The water lilies are an obsession. I have painted them for years, and I am still not satisfied.