The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.

My only desire is an intimate infusion with nature, and the only fate I wish is to have worked and lived in harmony with her laws.

To have gone to all this trouble to get to this is just too stupid! Outside there's brilliant sunshine but I don't feel up to looking at it.

The only merit I have is to have painted directly from nature with the aim of conveying my impressions in front of the most fugitive effects.

I work at my garden all the time and with love. What I need most are flowers, always. My heart is forever in Giverny.

I get madder and madder on giving back what I feel.

the more I live, the more I regret how little i know