I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly.
CLAUDE MONETEvery day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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Gardening was something I learned in my youth when I was unhappy. I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.
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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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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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Nature won’t be summoned to order and won’t be kept waiting. It must be caught, well caught.
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Everything changes, even stone.
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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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When I work I forget all the rest.
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Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.
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Zaandam has enough to paint for a lifetime.
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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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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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I’m continuing to work hard, not without periods of discouragement, but my strength comes back again.
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Apart from painting and gardening, I’m not good at anything.
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My life has been nothing but a failure.
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Light is the most important person in the picture.
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