Getting up at 4 in the morning, I slave away all day until by the evening I’m exhausted, and I end by forgetting all my responsibilities, thinking only of the work I’ve set out to do.
CLAUDE MONETMy work is always better when I am alone and follow my own impressions.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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I’m never finished with my paintings; the further I get, the more I seek the impossible and the more powerless I feel.
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Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.
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It is only too easy to catch people’s attention by doing something worse than anyone else has dared to do it before.
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What I need most of all is color, always, always.
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My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece
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The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.
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Most people think I paint fast. I paint very slowly.
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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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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’m continuing to work hard, not without periods of discouragement, but my strength comes back again.
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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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I despise the opinion of the press and the so-called critics.
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The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.
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When I work I forget all the rest.
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It’s the hardest thing to be alone in being satisfied with what one’s done.
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