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It is only too easy to catch people’s attention by doing something worse than anyone else has dared to do it before.

Claude Monet

Without the fog, London would not be a beautiful city. It is fog that gives it its magnificent amplitude its regular and massive blocks become grandiose in that mysterious mantle.
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Appearance Beautiful Mysterious Place Regular
What I need most of all is color, always, always.
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Color Myself Need
Despite my extremely modest prices, dealers and art lovers are turning their backs on me. It is very depressing to see the lack of interest shown in an art object which has no market value.
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Art Deal Depression Interest Love Market Modesty Myself Price Value
To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at.
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Forget Name Philosophy See Sight
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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Fascination Myself Product Repeat Success
The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.
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Achievement Inspirational Myself Nature Rich Source
Techniques vary, art stays the same; it is a transposition of nature at once forceful and sensitive.
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Art Force Nature Sensitive Stay Technique
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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Artist Composition Head Oneself Painting Photograph
It’s the hardest thing to be alone in being satisfied with what one’s done.
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Alone Hard Oneself Satisfaction
I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.
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Flower Myself Paint
Now I really feel the landscape, I can be bold and include every tone of pink and blue: it’s enchanting, it’s delicious, and I hope it will please you.
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Bold Delicious Enchanting Feeling Hope Nature Yourself
Apart from painting and gardening, I’m not good at anything.
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Garden Goodness Myself Paint
I’ve been working so hard that I’m exhausted… I feel I won’t be able to do without a few weeks’ rest, so I’m going off to see the sea.
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Exhaustion Hard Work Myself Sea See
I never draw except with brush and paint.
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Artist Brush Draw Exception Myself Paint
Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.
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Art Discussion Love Myself Pretend Understand
If only the weather would improve, there’d be hope of some work, but every day brings rain.
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Hope Improvement Rain Work

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