I want to paint the air in which the bridge, the house and the boat are to be found – the beauty of the air around them, and that is nothing less than the impossible.
CLAUDE MONET
I am very depressed and deeply disgusted with painting. It is really a continual torture.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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I want to paint the air in which the bridge, the house and the boat are to be found – the beauty of the air around them, and that is nothing less than the impossible.
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Apart from painting and gardening, I’m not good at anything.
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My heart is forever in Giverny.
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Nothing in the whole world is of interest to me but my painting and my flowers.
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For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at any moment.
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I am very depressed and deeply disgusted with painting. It is really a continual torture.
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Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.
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It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.
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I’m in fine fettle and fired with a desire to paint.
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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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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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My only desire is an intimate infusion with nature, and the only fate I wish is to have worked and lived in harmony with her laws.
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My eyes were finally opened and I understood nature. I learned at the same time to love it.
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I’m working hard with more determination than ever. My success at the Salon led to my selling several paintings and since your absence I have made 800 francs; I hope, when I have contracts with more dealers, it will be better still.
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When it is dark, it seems to me as if I were dying, and I can’t think any more.
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A good impression is lost so quickly.
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