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I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.

Claude Monet

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’m in a foul mood as I’m making stupid mistakes… This morning I lost beyond repair a painting with which I had been happy, having done about twenty sessions on it; it had to be thoroughly scraped away… what a rage I was in!
CLAUDE MONET

Decision Happiness Myself Rage Session Stupidity
Impressionism is only direct sensation. All great painters were less or more impressionists. It is mainly a question of instinct, and much simpler than [John Singer] Sargent thinks.
CLAUDE MONET

Greatness Impression Paint Question Simplicity Thinking
It is better to have done something than to have been someone.
CLAUDE MONET

Action Better Myself Reputation
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
I despise the opinion of the press and the so-called critics.
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Criticism Myself Opinion
I must have flowers, always, and always.
CLAUDE MONET

Flower Myself
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 MONET

Character Convey Effect Himself Impression Sincere
One day Boudin said to me, ‘Learn to draw well and appreciate the sea, the light, the blue sky.’ I took his advice.
CLAUDE MONET

Advice Draw Learning Light Oneself Sea
I am good at only two things, and those are gardening and painting.
CLAUDE MONET

Garden Goodness Myself Paint
It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.
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Afraid Bad Courage Paint Physical Tragedy World
Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.
CLAUDE MONET

Art Discussion Love Myself Pretend Understand
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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Appearance Chocolate Doctrine Official Photograph
My heart is forever in Giverny.
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Heart Myself
My life has been nothing but a failure.
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Failure Life Myself
I say that whoever claims to have finished a canvas is terribly arrogant.
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Finish Myself Terrible

I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.

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