I must have flowers, always, and always.
CLAUDE MONETIt’s the hardest thing to be alone in being satisfied with what one’s done.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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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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It’s enough to drive you crazy, trying to depict the weather, the atmosphere, the ambience.
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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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My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece
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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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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’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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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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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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Now I really feel the landscape, I can be bold and include every tone of pink and blue: it’s enchanting, it’s delicious, and I hope it will please you.
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It’s the hardest thing to be alone in being satisfied with what one’s done.
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One day Boudin said to me, ‘Learn to draw well and appreciate the sea, the light, the blue sky.’ I took his advice.
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I despise the opinion of the press and the so-called critics.
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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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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.
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