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Never, even as a child, would I bend to a rule.

Claude Monet

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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Bad Mindset Myself People Reality
I do what I can to convey what I experience before nature and most often, in order to succeed in conveying what I feel, I totally forget the most elementary rules of painting, if they exist that is.
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Existence Experience Nature Paint Rule Success
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
Gardening was something I learned in my youth when I was unhappy. I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.
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Flower Garden Happiness Learning Myself Youth
I’m not performing miracles, I’m using up and wasting a lot of paint.
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Miracle Myself Performance Wasted Time
Never, even as a child, would I bend to a rule.
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Children Myself Rule
When I look at nature I feel as if I’ll be able to paint it all, note it all down, and then you might as well forget it once you’re working.
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Feeling Forget Nature Oneself Paint
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.
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Greatness Impression Paint Question Simplicity Thinking
I am very depressed and deeply disgusted with painting. It is really a continual torture.
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Deep Depression Disgust Paint Tortue
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!
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Decision Happiness Myself Rage Session Stupidity
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
My work is always better when I am alone and follow my own impressions.
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Alone Art Better Impression Myself Work
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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Add Finish Hard Work Oneself Paint Touch
I despise the opinion of the press and the so-called critics.
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Criticism Myself Opinion
I don’t think I’m made for any earthly kind of pleasure.
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Build Earth Happiness Kind Myself Thinking
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

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