Claude Monet — "I have such a fear of not being able to finish what I have undertaken."

"Aside from painting and gardening, I am good for nothing."

"Impression – I was certain of it. I was just telling myself that, since I was impressed, there had to be some impression in it … and what freedom, what ease of workmanship! Wallpaper in its embryonic …"

"I'm completely beside myself with rage and despair."

"I am absolutely exhausted and have not had a moment's rest. I am completely worn out."

"I want the inexpressible. I want to paint the air in which the bridge, the house, the boat are situated, the beauty of the air in which they are."