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I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.

Claude Monet

I never draw except with brush and paint.
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Artist Brush Draw Exception Myself Paint
My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece
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Beautiful Garden Masterpiece Myself
If only the weather would improve, there’d be hope of some work, but every day brings rain.
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Hope Improvement Rain Work
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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Devil Live Myself Room Sleep Time
I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly.
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Advice Afraid Artist Myself Paint Young
For me, the subject is of secondary importance: I want to convey what is alive between me and the subject.
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Alive Important Myself Subject
Now I really feel the landscape, I can be bold and include every tone of pink and blue: it’s enchanting, it’s delicious, and I hope it will please you.
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Bold Delicious Enchanting Feeling Hope Nature Yourself
My life has been nothing but a failure.
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Failure Life Myself
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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Advice Draw Learning Light Oneself Sea
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
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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Criticism Myself Period Success Word
One can do something if one can see and understand it.
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Myself See Sight Understand
I will bring lots of studies back with me so I can work on some big things at home.
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Education Home Myself Work
Nothing in the whole world is of interest to me but my painting and my flowers.
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Flower Interest Myself Paint World
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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Growth Happiness Myself Paint Time Understand Water
The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.
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Atmosphere Beautiful Change Light Time

I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.

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