QUOTES FROM CLAUDE MONET

“I want to paint the air in which the bridge, house or boat exists. The beauty of the air where they are. Yet it is nothing short of impossible.”

"Perhaps flowers are the reason why I am an artist.”

"I have always worked better alone and from my own Impressions"

"No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition."

"Eventually, my eyes were opened, and I really understood nature. I learned to love at the same time."

It is extraordinary to see the sea; what a spectacle! She is so unfettered that one wonders whether it is possible that she again become calm."

People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to love."