Suddenly I had the revelation of how magical my pond is. I took up my palette. Since that time I have scarcely had any other model."
Claude Monet
"There was a stream, the Epte, which came down from Gisors on the boundary of my property. I opened up a ditch so that I could fill the little pond that I had dug in my garden. I love water but I also love flowers. That's why, when the pond was filled, I wished to decorate it with plants. I took a catalogue and made a choice any old how. That's all.