Techniques vary, art stays the same; it is a transposition of nature at once forceful and sensitive.
CLAUDE MONETTechniques vary, art stays the same; it is a transposition of nature at once forceful and sensitive.
CLAUDE MONETIf only the weather would improve, there’d be hope of some work, but every day brings rain.
CLAUDE MONETMy heart is forever in Giverny.
CLAUDE MONETImpressionism 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.
CLAUDE MONETEvery day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.
CLAUDE MONETTake 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.
CLAUDE MONETI still have a lot of pleasure doing them, but as time goes by I come to appreciate more clearly which paintings are good and which should be discarded.
CLAUDE MONETWhen it is dark, it seems to me as if I were dying, and I can’t think any more.
CLAUDE MONETMy eyes were finally opened and I understood nature. I learned at the same time to love it.
CLAUDE MONETI’m in fine fettle and fired with a desire to paint.
CLAUDE MONETWhat I need most of all is color, always, always.
CLAUDE MONETApart from painting and gardening, I’m not good at anything.
CLAUDE MONETI’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.
CLAUDE MONETI still don’t know where I am going to sleep tomorrow.
CLAUDE MONETA good impression is lost so quickly.
CLAUDE MONETEverything changes, even stone.
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