It’s the hardest thing to be alone in being satisfied with what one’s done.
CLAUDE MONETColors pursue me like a constant worry. They even worry me in my sleep.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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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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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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I am very depressed and deeply disgusted with painting. It is really a continual torture.
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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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Despite my exhaustion I have a devil of a time getting to sleep because of the rats above my bed and a pig who lives beneath my room.
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What I need most of all is color, always, always.
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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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Nature won’t be summoned to order and won’t be kept waiting. It must be caught, well caught.
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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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My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece
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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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My work is always better when I am alone and follow my own impressions.
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I’m continuing to work hard, not without periods of discouragement, but my strength comes back again.
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Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.
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I waited for the idea to consolidate, for the grouping and composition of themes to settle themselves in my brain.
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