I waited for the idea to consolidate, for the grouping and composition of themes to settle themselves in my brain.
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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I am enslaved to my work, always wanting the impossible, and never, I believe, have I been less favoured by the endlessly changeable weather.
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One’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.
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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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I’m knocked out, I’ve never felt so physically and mentally exhausted, I’m quite stupid with it and long only for bed; but I am happy.
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I let a good many mistakes show through when fixing my sensations. It will always be the same and this is what makes me despair.
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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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Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.
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I don’t think I’m made for any earthly kind of pleasure.
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If only the weather would improve, there’d be hope of some work, but every day brings rain.
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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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Colors pursue me like a constant worry. They even worry me in my sleep.
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I had so much fire in me and so many plans.
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Take clear water with grass waving at the bottom. It’s wonderful to look at, but to try to paint it is enough to make one insane.
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Listening only to my instincts, I discovered superb things.
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The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.
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