"I'm completely worn out. I can't go on like this."

"I'm absolutely fed up with painting. I'm going to give it all up."

"My life has been nothing but a failure, and all that's left for me to do is to destroy my paintings before I disappear."

"It took me a while to understand my water lilies… I grew them without thinking about painting them… A landscape does not pervade your senses in one day… Then suddenly I had a revelation and clearly sa…"

"I want the inexpressible. I want to paint the air in which the bridge, the house, the boat are situated, the beauty of the air in which they are."