I waited for the idea to consolidate, for the grouping and composition of themes to settle themselves in my brain.
CLAUDE MONETI am very depressed and deeply disgusted with painting. It is really a continual torture.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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Most people think I paint fast. I paint very slowly.
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A good impression is lost so quickly.
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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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The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.
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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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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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What I need most of all is color, always, always.
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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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All of a sudden I had the revelation of how enchanting my pond was.
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These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession.
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If the world really looks like that I will paint no more!
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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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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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For me, the subject is of secondary importance: I want to convey what is alive between me and the subject.
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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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