I never draw except with brush and paint.
CLAUDE MONETFor me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at any moment.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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All of a sudden I had the revelation of how enchanting my pond was.
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No one but myself knows the anxiety I go through and the trouble I give myself to finish paintings which do not satisfy me and seem to please so very few others.
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I’m working hard with more determination than ever. My success at the Salon led to my selling several paintings and since your absence I have made 800 francs; I hope, when I have contracts with more dealers, it will be better still.
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I let a good many mistakes show through when fixing my sensations. It will always be the same and this is what makes me despair.
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I had so much fire in me and so many plans.
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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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I’ve said it before and can only repeat that I owe everything to Boudin and I attribute my success to him. I came to be fascinated by his studies, the products of what I call instantaneity.
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I say that whoever claims to have finished a canvas is terribly arrogant.
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I can only draw what I see.
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I’m in a foul mood as I’m making stupid mistakes… This morning I lost beyond repair a painting with which I had been happy, having done about twenty sessions on it; it had to be thoroughly scraped away… what a rage I was in!
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It’s enough to drive you crazy, trying to depict the weather, the atmosphere, the ambience.
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When I look at nature I feel as if I’ll be able to paint it all, note it all down, and then you might as well forget it once you’re working.
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The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.
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The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.
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