The effect of sincerity is to give one’s work the character of a protest. The painter, being concerned only with conveying his impression, simply seeks to be himself and no one else.
CLAUDE MONETMy work is always better when I am alone and follow my own impressions.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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One’s better off alone, and yet there are so many things that are impossible to fathom on one’s own. In fact it’s a terrible business and the task is a hard one.
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I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.
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Gardening was something I learned in my youth when I was unhappy. I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.
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I despise the opinion of the press and the so-called critics.
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My eyes were finally opened and I understood nature. I learned at the same time to love it.
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I had so much fire in me and so many plans.
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Everything changes, even stone.
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It is only too easy to catch people’s attention by doing something worse than anyone else has dared to do it before.
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All of a sudden I had the revelation of how enchanting my pond was.
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When I work I forget all the rest.
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If the world really looks like that I will paint no more!
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One can do something if one can see and understand it.
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A good impression is lost so quickly.
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I must have flowers, always, and always.
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Never, even as a child, would I bend to a rule.
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