Claude Monet — "If the world really looks like that I will paint no more!"

"I'm absolutely furious with myself. I'm so stupid."

"Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It's enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it."

"I'm having a very bad day. I feel like crying."

"I was flattered by your two letters, as I have the deepest admiration for Japanese art and a great liking for the Japanese people […]. It is with the greatest pleasure that I received your pretty prin…"

"I am chasing the merest sliver of color. It is my own fault, I want to grasp the intangible."