Paint what you really see, not what you think you ought to see; not the object isolated as in a test tube, but the object enveloped in sunlight and a…

- Claude Monet

Light is the most important person in the picture.

- Claude Monet

The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.

- Claude Monet

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

- Claude Monet

It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.

- Claude Monet

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 -…

- Claude Monet

I'm continuing to work hard, not without periods of discouragement, but my strength comes back again.

- Claude Monet

I must have flowers, always, and always.

- Claude Monet

Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.

- Claude Monet