If the world really looks like that I will paint no more!
CLAUDE MONETMy work is always better when I am alone and follow my own impressions.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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I despise the opinion of the press and the so-called critics.
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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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For me, the subject is of secondary importance: I want to convey what is alive between me and the subject.
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It 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.
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Nature won’t be summoned to order and won’t be kept waiting. It must be caught, well caught.
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Despite my extremely modest prices, dealers and art lovers are turning their backs on me. It is very depressing to see the lack of interest shown in an art object which has no market value.
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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 do what I can to convey what I experience before nature and most often, in order to succeed in conveying what I feel, I totally forget the most elementary rules of painting, if they exist that is.
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Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.
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The more I live, the more I regret how little i know.
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One can do something if one can see and understand it.
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Techniques vary, art stays the same; it is a transposition of nature at once forceful and sensitive.
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The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.
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I let a good many mistakes show through when fixing my sensations. It will always be the same and this is what makes me despair.
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I’ve said it before and can only repeat that I owe everything to Boudin and I attribute my success to him. I came to be fascinated by his studies, the products of what I call instantaneity.
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