I don’t think I’m made for any earthly kind of pleasure.

I didn't become an impressionist. As long as I can remember I always have been one.

I can only draw what I see.

Despite my extremely modest prices, dealers and art lovers are turning their backs on me. It is very depressing to see the lack of interest shown in an art object which has no market value.

It is better to have done something than to have been someone.

It was at home I learned the little I know. Schools always appeared to me like a prison, and never could I make up my mind to stay there, not even for four hours a day, when the sunshine was inviting, the sea smooth, and when it was joy to run about the cliffs in the free air, or to paddle in the water.

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