Pictures aren't made out of doctrines. Since the appearance of impressionism, the official salons, which used to be brown, have become blue, green, and red...But peppermint or chocolate, they are still confections.

I'm not performing miracles, I'm using up and wasting a lot of paint.

All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it.

Most people think I paint fast. I paint very slowly.

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.

As for myself, I met with as much success as I ever could have wanted. In other words, I was enthusiastically run-down by every critic of the period.