It’s on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.
CLAUDE MONETOne’s better off alone, and yet there are so many things that are impossible to fathom on one’s own. In fact it’s a terrible business and the task is a hard one.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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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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My work is always better when I am alone and follow my own impressions.
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Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.
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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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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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It is better to have done something than to have been someone.
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The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.
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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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I must have flowers, always, and always.
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Listening only to my instincts, I discovered superb things.
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I waited for the idea to consolidate, for the grouping and composition of themes to settle themselves in my brain.
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Nothing in the whole world is of interest to me but my painting and my flowers.
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I can only draw what I see.
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I had so much fire in me and so many plans.
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My heart is forever in Giverny.
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