It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.
CLAUDE MONETI waited for the idea to consolidate, for the grouping and composition of themes to settle themselves in my brain.
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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Pictures aren’t made out of doctrines. Since the appearance of impressionism, the official salons, which used to be brown, have become blue, green, and red…But peppermint or chocolate, they are still confections.
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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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It’s the hardest thing to be alone in being satisfied with what one’s done.
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I’m knocked out, I’ve never felt so physically and mentally exhausted, I’m quite stupid with it and long only for bed; but I am happy.
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It’s enough to drive you crazy, trying to depict the weather, the atmosphere, the ambience.
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Never, even as a child, would I bend to a rule.
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Most people think I paint fast. I paint very slowly.
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A good impression is lost so quickly.
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When I work I forget all the rest.
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My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece
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Despite my exhaustion I have a devil of a time getting to sleep because of the rats above my bed and a pig who lives beneath my room.
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My heart is forever in Giverny.
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If only the weather would improve, there’d be hope of some work, but every day brings rain.
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Lots of people will protest that it’s quite unreal and that I’m out of my mind, but that’s just too bad.
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