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If the world really looks like that I will paint no more!

Claude Monet

Take 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.
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Myself Paint Try Water Wonderful
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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Bed Feeling Happiness Mental Myself
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
All of a sudden I had the revelation of how enchanting my pond was.
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Enchanting Myself Reveal
Impressionism is only direct sensation. All great painters were less or more impressionists. It is mainly a question of instinct, and much simpler than [John Singer] Sargent thinks.
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Greatness Impression Paint Question Simplicity Thinking
Zaandam has enough to paint for a lifetime.
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Enough Life Myself Paint Time
I waited for the idea to consolidate, for the grouping and composition of themes to settle themselves in my brain.
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Brain Group Ideas Myself Wait
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 can only draw what I see.
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Draw Myself See
Listening only to my instincts, I discovered superb things.
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Discover Listening Myself
What I need most of all is color, always, always.
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Color Myself Need
For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at any moment.
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Appearance Change Existence Moments Myself Right
My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece
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Beautiful Garden Masterpiece Myself
I’m working hard with more determination than ever. My success at the Salon led to my selling several paintings and since your absence I have made 800 francs; I hope, when I have contracts with more dealers, it will be better still.
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Absence Better Deal Determination Hard Work Myself Paint
I didn’t become an impressionist. As long as I can remember I always have been one.
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Impression Myself Oneself Remember
My heart is forever in Giverny.
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Heart Myself

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