I would like to paint the way a bird sings.
CLAUDE MONETFor me, the subject is of secondary importance: I want to convey what is alive between me and the subject.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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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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I must have flowers, always, and always.
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My life has been nothing but a failure.
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I had so much fire in me and so many plans.
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Zaandam has enough to paint for a lifetime.
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My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece
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All of a sudden I had the revelation of how enchanting my pond was.
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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 work at my garden all the time and with love. What I need most are flowers, always. My heart is forever in Giverny.
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It’s on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.
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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.
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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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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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When I work I forget all the rest.
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I will bring lots of studies back with me so I can work on some big things at home.
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