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I waited for the idea to consolidate, for the grouping and composition of themes to settle themselves in my brain.

Claude Monet

I still have a lot of pleasure doing them, but as time goes by I come to appreciate more clearly which paintings are good and which should be discarded.
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Appreciation Goodness Happiness Myself Praise Time
Everything changes, even stone.
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Change Life One Liner Stone
Light is the most important person in the picture.
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Important Light Person Photograph
My only desire is an intimate infusion with nature, and the only fate I wish is to have worked and lived in harmony with her laws.
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Desire Fate Herself Intimacy Law Live Nature
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
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
My heart is forever in Giverny.
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Heart Myself
It is better to have done something than to have been someone.
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Action Better Myself Reputation
Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.
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Art Discussion Love Myself Pretend Understand
I can only draw what I see.
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Draw Myself See
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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Beautiful Day Desire Discover Head Myself
Techniques vary, art stays the same; it is a transposition of nature at once forceful and sensitive.
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Art Force Nature Sensitive Stay Technique
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
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
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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Exhaustion Hard Work Myself Sea See
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 waited for the idea to consolidate, for the grouping and composition of themes to settle themselves in my brain.

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