Nature won’t be summoned to order and won’t be kept waiting. It must be caught, well caught.
CLAUDE MONETFor me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at any moment.
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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 richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.
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One day Boudin said to me, ‘Learn to draw well and appreciate the sea, the light, the blue sky.’ I took his advice.
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Listening only to my instincts, I discovered superb things.
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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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Without the fog, London would not be a beautiful city. It is fog that gives it its magnificent amplitude its regular and massive blocks become grandiose in that mysterious mantle.
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When I look at nature I feel as if I’ll be able to paint it all, note it all down, and then you might as well forget it once you’re working.
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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 been working so hard that I’m exhausted… I feel I won’t be able to do without a few weeks’ rest, so I’m going off to see the sea.
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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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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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My eyes were finally opened and I understood nature. I learned at the same time to love it.
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I must have flowers, always, and always.
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I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.
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My work is always better when I am alone and follow my own impressions.
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