black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

I am very depressed and deeply disgusted with painting. It is really a continual torture.

Claude Monet

I waited for the idea to consolidate, for the grouping and composition of themes to settle themselves in my brain.
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Brain Group Ideas Myself Wait
Most people think I paint fast. I paint very slowly.
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Myself People Slow Speed Thinking
A good impression is lost so quickly.
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Goodness Impression Lost Quick
I’m continuing to work hard, not without periods of discouragement, but my strength comes back again.
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Encouragement Hard Work Myself Period Strength
The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.
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Atmosphere Beautiful Change Light Time
The only merit I have is to have painted directly from nature with the aim of conveying my impressions in front of the most fugitive effects.
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Direct Effect Impression Nature Paint
I sometimes feel ashamed that I am devoting myself to artistic pursuits while so many of our people are suffering and dying for us. It’s true that fretting never did any good.
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Devotion Goodness Shame Suffering True
What I need most of all is color, always, always.
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Color Myself Need
Pictures 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.
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Appearance Chocolate Doctrine Official Photograph
All of a sudden I had the revelation of how enchanting my pond was.
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Enchanting Myself Reveal
These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession.
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Obsession Reflection Water
If the world really looks like that I will paint no more!
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Appearance Myself Painting World
One’s better off alone, and yet there are so many things that are impossible to fathom on one’s own. In fact it’s a terrible business and the task is a hard one.
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Alone Better Business Hard Impossible Oneself
While adding the finishing touches to a painting might appear insignificant, it is much harder to do than one might suppose.
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Add Finish Hard Work Oneself Paint Touch
For me, the subject is of secondary importance: I want to convey what is alive between me and the subject.
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Alive Important Myself Subject
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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Myself Paint Try Water Wonderful

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