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My life has been nothing but a failure.

Claude Monet

I’m in a foul mood as I’m making stupid mistakes… This morning I lost beyond repair a painting with which I had been happy, having done about twenty sessions on it; it had to be thoroughly scraped away… what a rage I was in!
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Decision Happiness Myself Rage Session Stupidity
One can do something if one can see and understand it.
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Myself See Sight Understand
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
Zaandam has enough to paint for a lifetime.
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Enough Life Myself Paint Time
Most people think I paint fast. I paint very slowly.
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Myself People Slow Speed Thinking
I am good at only two things, and those are gardening and painting.
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Garden Goodness Myself Paint
I had so much fire in me and so many plans.
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Fire Myself Planning
I’m enjoying the most perfect tranquillity, free from all worries, and in consequence would like to stay this way forever, in a peaceful corner of the countryside like this.
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Country Enjoyment Forever Freedom Peace Perfection Tranquility Worry
Every 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.
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Beautiful Day Desire Discover Head Myself
My eyes were finally opened and I understood nature. I learned at the same time to love it.
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Eyes Learning Myself Nature Open Time Understand
I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.
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Flower Myself Paint
I do what I can to convey what I experience before nature and most often, in order to succeed in conveying what I feel, I totally forget the most elementary rules of painting, if they exist that is.
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Existence Experience Nature Paint Rule Success
My only desire is an intimate infusion with nature, and the only fate I wish is to have worked and lived in harmony with her laws.
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Desire Fate Herself Intimacy Law Live Nature
Lots of people will protest that it’s quite unreal and that I’m out of my mind, but that’s just too bad.
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Bad Mindset Myself People Reality
Nothing in the whole world is of interest to me but my painting and my flowers.
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Flower Interest Myself Paint World
I can only draw what I see.
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Draw Myself See

My life has been nothing but a failure.

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