My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece
CLAUDE MONETMy garden is my most beautiful masterpiece
CLAUDE MONETI’m in fine fettle and fired with a desire to paint.
CLAUDE MONETAll of a sudden I had the revelation of how enchanting my pond was.
CLAUDE MONETThe light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.
CLAUDE MONETNever, even as a child, would I bend to a rule.
CLAUDE MONETPerhaps it’s true that I’m very hard on myself, but that’s better than exhibiting mediocre work… too few were satisfactory enough to trouble the public with.
CLAUDE MONETI say that whoever claims to have finished a canvas is terribly arrogant.
CLAUDE MONETMy work is always better when I am alone and follow my own impressions.
CLAUDE MONETTake 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.
CLAUDE MONETAs for myself, I met with as much success as I ever could have wanted. In other words, I was enthusiastically run-down by every critic of the period.
CLAUDE MONETColor is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.
CLAUDE MONETLots of people will protest that it’s quite unreal and that I’m out of my mind, but that’s just too bad.
CLAUDE MONETI can only draw what I see.
CLAUDE MONETAll I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it.
CLAUDE MONETNo one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition.
CLAUDE MONETI must have flowers, always, and always.
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