“Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.”
英语
“每个人都讨论我的艺术，假装理解它，好像理解是必要的——其实只需要热爱就够了。”
“I would like to paint the way a bird sings.”
英语
“我想像鸟儿歌唱那样去绘画。”
“I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.”
英语
“也许我能成为画家，要归功于花。”
引自理查德·肯德尔编《莫奈自述》
“Color is my daylong obsession, joy, and torment.”
英语
“色彩是我整日的痴迷、欢乐与折磨。”
引自约翰·豪斯《莫奈：自然化为艺术》