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.

My life has been nothing but a failure.

These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession.

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

For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at every moment; but the surrounding atmosphere brings it to life - the light and the air which vary continually. For me, it is only the surrounding atmosphere which gives subjects their true value.

No, I'm not a great painter. Neither am I a great poet.

I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly.