For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at any moment.
CLAUDE MONETFor me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at any moment.
CLAUDE MONETOne day Boudin said to me, ‘Learn to draw well and appreciate the sea, the light, the blue sky.’ I took his advice.
CLAUDE MONETColors pursue me like a constant worry. They even worry me in my sleep.
CLAUDE MONETApart from painting and gardening, I’m not good at anything.
CLAUDE MONETWhen I work I forget all the rest.
CLAUDE MONETThe effect of sincerity is to give one’s work the character of a protest. The painter, being concerned only with conveying his impression, simply seeks to be himself and no one else.
CLAUDE MONETMy eyes were finally opened and I understood nature. I learned at the same time to love it.
CLAUDE MONETNow I really feel the landscape, I can be bold and include every tone of pink and blue: it’s enchanting, it’s delicious, and I hope it will please you.
CLAUDE MONETI say that whoever claims to have finished a canvas is terribly arrogant.
CLAUDE MONETLots of people will protest that it’s quite unreal and that I’m out of my mind, but that’s just too bad.
CLAUDE MONETI am very depressed and deeply disgusted with painting. It is really a continual torture.
CLAUDE MONETEveryone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.
CLAUDE MONETPictures aren’t made out of doctrines. Since the appearance of impressionism, the official salons, which used to be brown, have become blue, green, and red…But peppermint or chocolate, they are still confections.
CLAUDE MONETI’m in fine fettle and fired with a desire to paint.
CLAUDE MONETIt’s enough to drive you crazy, trying to depict the weather, the atmosphere, the ambience.
CLAUDE MONETI’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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