It’s the hardest thing to be alone in being satisfied with what one’s done.
CLAUDE MONETI would like to paint the way a bird sings.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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I want to paint the air in which the bridge, the house and the boat are to be found – the beauty of the air around them, and that is nothing less than the impossible.
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Light is the most important person in the picture.
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I am enslaved to my work, always wanting the impossible, and never, I believe, have I been less favoured by the endlessly changeable weather.
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I’m not performing miracles, I’m using up and wasting a lot of paint.
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The only merit I have is to have painted directly from nature with the aim of conveying my impressions in front of the most fugitive effects.
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The more I live, the more I regret how little i know.
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No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition.
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I despise the opinion of the press and the so-called critics.
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It’s enough to drive you crazy, trying to depict the weather, the atmosphere, the ambience.
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I had so much fire in me and so many plans.
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I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly.
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Getting up at 4 in the morning, I slave away all day until by the evening I’m exhausted, and I end by forgetting all my responsibilities, thinking only of the work I’ve set out to do.
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Apart from painting and gardening, I’m not good at anything.
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Take clear water with grass waving at the bottom. It’s wonderful to look at, but to try to paint it is enough to make one insane.
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One day Boudin said to me, ‘Learn to draw well and appreciate the sea, the light, the blue sky.’ I took his advice.
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