I am good at only two things, and those are gardening and painting.
CLAUDE MONETI am following Nature without being able to grasp her, I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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One can do something if one can see and understand it.
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I would like to paint the way a bird sings.
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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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Most people think I paint fast. I paint very slowly.
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It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.
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It’s the hardest thing to be alone in being satisfied with what one’s done.
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When it is dark, it seems to me as if I were dying, and I can’t think any more.
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Perhaps 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.
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My work is always better when I am alone and follow my own impressions.
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While adding the finishing touches to a painting might appear insignificant, it is much harder to do than one might suppose.
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Light is the most important person in the picture.
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When I work I forget all the rest.
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My eyes were finally opened and I understood nature. I learned at the same time to love it.
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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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I despise the opinion of the press and the so-called critics.
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