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It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.

Claude Monet

I’m not performing miracles, I’m using up and wasting a lot of paint.
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Miracle Myself Performance Wasted Time
No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition.
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Artist Composition Head Oneself Painting Photograph
I haven’t many years left ahead of me and I must devote all my time to painting, in the hope of achieving something worthwhile in the end, something if possible that will satisfy me.
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Achievement Devotion Myself Paint Possible Satisfaction Time
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
All of a sudden I had the revelation of how enchanting my pond was.
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Enchanting Myself Reveal
Everything changes, even stone.
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Change Life One Liner Stone
I can only draw what I see.
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Draw Myself See
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
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
It’s the hardest thing to be alone in being satisfied with what one’s done.
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Alone Hard Oneself Satisfaction
For me, the subject is of secondary importance: I want to convey what is alive between me and the subject.
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Alive Important Myself Subject
Most people think I paint fast. I paint very slowly.
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Myself People Slow Speed Thinking
It took me time to understand my water lilies. I had planted them for the pleasure of it; I grew them without ever thinking of painting them.
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Growth Happiness Myself Paint Time Understand Water
I had so much fire in me and so many plans.
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Fire Myself Planning
I will bring lots of studies back with me so I can work on some big things at home.
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Education Home Myself Work
It’s enough to drive you crazy, trying to depict the weather, the atmosphere, the ambience.
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Ambience Atmosphere Crazy Drive Enough

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