I see less and less... I need to avoid lateral light, which darkens my colors. Nevertheless, I always paint at the times of day most propitious for me, as long as my paint tubes and brushes are not mixed up... I will paint almost blind, as Beethoven composed completely deaf.

I am very depressed and deeply disgusted with painting. It is really a continual torture.

It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.

The Thames was all gold. God it was beautiful, so fine that I began working a frenzy, following the sun and its reflections on the water.

I can only draw what I see.

The real subject of every painting is light.

My life has been nothing but a failure.