I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly.
CLAUDE MONETI would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly.
CLAUDE MONETI don’t think I’m made for any earthly kind of pleasure.
CLAUDE MONETApart from painting and gardening, I’m not good at anything.
CLAUDE MONETI can only draw what I see.
CLAUDE MONETIt is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.
CLAUDE MONETTake 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.
CLAUDE MONETWhen it is dark, it seems to me as if I were dying, and I can’t think any more.
CLAUDE MONETI still don’t know where I am going to sleep tomorrow.
CLAUDE MONETNever, even as a child, would I bend to a rule.
CLAUDE MONETI 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.
CLAUDE MONETIf the world really looks like that I will paint no more!
CLAUDE MONETThe richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.
CLAUDE MONETIt 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.
CLAUDE MONETEveryone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.
CLAUDE MONETWhile adding the finishing touches to a painting might appear insignificant, it is much harder to do than one might suppose.
CLAUDE MONETI didn’t become an impressionist. As long as I can remember I always have been one.
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