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.
CLAUDE MONETI would like to paint the way a bird sings.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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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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A good impression is lost so quickly.
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The more I live, the more I regret how little i know.
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I will bring lots of studies back with me so I can work on some big things at home.
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All of a sudden I had the revelation of how enchanting my pond was.
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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.
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As for myself, I met with as much success as I ever could have wanted. In other words, I was enthusiastically run-down by every critic of the period.
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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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Never, even as a child, would I bend to a rule.
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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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I’m in fine fettle and fired with a desire to paint.
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Take clear water with grass waving at the bottom. It’s wonderful to look at, but to try to paint it is enough to make one insane.
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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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I never draw except with brush and paint.
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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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