One is too taken up with all that one sees and hears in Paris, however strong one is, and what I do here will at least have the merit of being unlike anyone else, at least I believe so, because it will simply be the expression of what I, and only I have felt. The further I get, the more I regret how little I know, that's what hinders me the most.... I don't think I will spend much time in Paris now, a month at the very most, each year.


1868 letter to Frédéric Bazille; as quoted in: K.E. Sullivan. Monet: Discovering Art, Brockhampton press, London (2004), p. 31. - 1850–1870

Claude Monet Quotes

One is too taken up with all that one sees and hears in Paris, however strong one is, and what I do here will at least have the merit of being unlike ...

One is too taken up with all that one sees and hears in Paris, however strong one is, and what I do here will at least have the merit of being unlike ...

One is too taken up with all that one sees and hears in Paris, however strong one is, and what I do here will at least have the merit of being unlike ...

One is too taken up with all that one sees and hears in Paris, however strong one is, and what I do here will at least have the merit of being unlike ...