I am very depressed and deeply disgusted with painting. It is really a continual torture.
Claude MonetFor me, the subject is of secondary importance: I want to convey what is alive between me and the subject.
Claude MonetI work at my garden all the time and with love. What I need most are flowers, always. My heart is forever in Giverny.
Claude MonetEveryone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.
Claude Monet