black
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For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at any moment.

Claude Monet

The effect of sincerity is to give one’s work the character of a protest. The painter, being concerned only with conveying his impression, simply seeks to be himself and no one else.
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Character Convey Effect Himself Impression Sincere
Apart from painting and gardening, I’m not good at anything.
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Garden Goodness Myself Paint
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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Direct Effect Impression Nature Paint
My eyes were finally opened and I understood nature. I learned at the same time to love it.
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Eyes Learning Myself Nature Open Time Understand
I waited for the idea to consolidate, for the grouping and composition of themes to settle themselves in my brain.
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Brain Group Ideas Myself Wait
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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Bad Mindset Myself People Reality
Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.
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Joy Obsession Torment
One can do something if one can see and understand it.
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Myself See Sight Understand
Thanks to my work everything’s going well; it’s a great consolation.
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Greatness Myself Thankful
Perhaps it’s true that I’m very hard on myself, but that’s better than exhibiting mediocre work… too few were satisfactory enough to trouble the public with.
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Better Hard Myself Public Satisfaction Trouble True
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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Beautiful Bridge Home Impossible Myself Paint
The point is to know how to use the colours, the choice of which is, when all’s said and done, a matter of habit.
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Choice Color Habit Myself
All of a sudden I had the revelation of how enchanting my pond was.
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Enchanting Myself Reveal
I’ve only myself to blame for it, my impotence most of all and my weakness. If I do any good work now it will be only by chance.
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Blame Chance Goodness Impotent Myself Weakness Work
I didn’t become an impressionist. As long as I can remember I always have been one.
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Impression Myself Oneself Remember
When I work I forget all the rest.
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Forget Myself Paint Understand Work

For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at any moment.

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