I don’t think I’m made for any earthly kind of pleasure.
CLAUDE MONETTechniques vary, art stays the same; it is a transposition of nature at once forceful and sensitive.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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One can do something if one can see and understand it.
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If only the weather would improve, there’d be hope of some work, but every day brings rain.
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My heart is forever in Giverny.
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It is only too easy to catch people’s attention by doing something worse than anyone else has dared to do it before.
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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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My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece
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I still have a lot of pleasure doing them, but as time goes by I come to appreciate more clearly which paintings are good and which should be discarded.
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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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Zaandam has enough to paint for a lifetime.
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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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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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All of a sudden I had the revelation of how enchanting my pond was.
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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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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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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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