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.
CLAUDE MONETThe light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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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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A good impression is lost so quickly.
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When I work I forget all the rest.
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I am following Nature without being able to grasp her, I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.
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All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it.
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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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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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When I look at nature I feel as if I’ll be able to paint it all, note it all down, and then you might as well forget it once you’re working.
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I still don’t know where I am going to sleep tomorrow.
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Getting up at 4 in the morning, I slave away all day until by the evening I’m exhausted, and I end by forgetting all my responsibilities, thinking only of the work I’ve set out to do.
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My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece
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No one but myself knows the anxiety I go through and the trouble I give myself to finish paintings which do not satisfy me and seem to please so very few others.
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I must have flowers, always, and always.
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I’m not performing miracles, I’m using up and wasting a lot of paint.
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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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