Light is the most important person in the picture.

What could be said about me...a man to whom only his painting matters? And of course his garden and his flowers as well.

For me, the subject is of secondary importance: I want to convey what is alive between me and the subject.

Nothing in the whole world is of interest to me but my painting and my flowers.

The only merit I have is to have painted directly from nature with the aim of conveying my impressions in front of the most fugitive effects.

One day I am satisfied, the next day I find it all bad; still I hope that some day I will find some of them good.

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.