"What I have suffered you cannot imagine. But what I'm going through [circa 1878] now is even worse, much more so than…"

"I am settled in France, and as for the rest of my history as a painter, it is bound up with the impressionistic group."

"Lighten your palette [his remark to Cézanne circa 1873, to encourage Cézanne to use bright colors], paint only with t…"

"The next day he [uncle Alfred] took me to hear the 'Concert Colonne' at the Chatelet. First we lunched and then went …"

"The ones [compliments] I value most came from Edgar Degas who said he was happy to see my work becoming more and more…"

"I well remember that around 1874, Duret, who is above reproach, Duret himself said to me with all sorts of circumlocu…"

"I am hard at work, at least I work as much as the weather permits. - I began a work the motif of which is the river b…"

"The day after your departure I started a new painting at Le Cours-la-Reine, in the afternoon in a glow of sun, and an…"

"I recognize fully that you do not draw well, my dear Lucien [his son, also painter]. I told you any number of times t…"

"Renoir is a great success on the Salon; I think he is 'launched'. All the better! It's a very hard life, being poor."