I waited for the idea to consolidate, for the grouping and composition of themes to settle themselves in my brain.
CLAUDE MONETDespite 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.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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Most people think I paint fast. I paint very slowly.
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I say that whoever claims to have finished a canvas is terribly arrogant.
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I must have flowers, always, and always.
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I’ve only myself to blame for it, my impotence most of all and my weakness. If I do any good work now it will be only by chance.
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The real subject of every painting is light.
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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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My heart is forever in Giverny.
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One’s better off alone, and yet there are so many things that are impossible to fathom on one’s own. In fact it’s a terrible business and the task is a hard one.
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A good impression is lost so quickly.
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My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece
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Nothing in the whole world is of interest to me but my painting and my flowers.
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To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at.
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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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I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.
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The only merit I have is to have painted directly from nature with the aim of conveying my impressions in front of the most fugitive effects.
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