I can only draw what I see.
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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I want to paint the air in which the bridge, the house and the boat are to be found – the beauty of the air around them, and that is nothing less than the impossible.
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The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.
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I work at my garden all the time and with love. What I need most are flowers, always. My heart is forever in Giverny.
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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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I will bring lots of studies back with me so I can work on some big things at home.
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I never draw except with brush and paint.
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Zaandam has enough to paint for a lifetime.
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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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It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.
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My life has been nothing but a failure.
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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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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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The real subject of every painting is light.
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To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at.
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I’m knocked out, I’ve never felt so physically and mentally exhausted, I’m quite stupid with it and long only for bed; but I am happy.
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