I waited for the idea to consolidate, for the grouping and composition of themes to settle themselves in my brain.

Gardening was something I learned in my youth when I was unhappy. I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.

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.

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.

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

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.