Perhaps it’s true that I’m very hard on myself, but that’s better than exhibiting mediocre work… too few were satisfactory enough to trouble the public with.
CLAUDE MONETWhile adding the finishing touches to a painting might appear insignificant, it is much harder to do than one might suppose.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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What I need most of all is color, always, always.
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It’s the hardest thing to be alone in being satisfied with what one’s done.
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The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.
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Light is the most important person in the picture.
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I am enslaved to my work, always wanting the impossible, and never, I believe, have I been less favoured by the endlessly changeable weather.
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I despise the opinion of the press and the so-called critics.
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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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No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition.
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I can only draw what I see.
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My heart is forever in Giverny.
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One can do something if one can see and understand it.
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Zaandam has enough to paint for a lifetime.
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I must have flowers, always, and always.
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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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Now 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.
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