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 MONETEverything changes, even stone.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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Light is the most important person in the picture.
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All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it.
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Everything changes, even stone.
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A good impression is lost so quickly.
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My heart is forever in Giverny.
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The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.
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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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I’m in fine fettle and fired with a desire to paint.
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Zaandam has enough to paint for a lifetime.
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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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What I need most of all is color, always, always.
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I must have flowers, always, and always.
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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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I am good at only two things, and those are gardening and painting.
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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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