I must have flowers, always, and always.
CLAUDE MONETThe 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.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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I’m not performing miracles, I’m using up and wasting a lot of paint.
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Pictures aren’t made out of doctrines. Since the appearance of impressionism, the official salons, which used to be brown, have become blue, green, and red…But peppermint or chocolate, they are still confections.
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Thanks to my work everything’s going well; it’s a great consolation.
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I can only draw what I see.
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It took me time to understand my water lilies. I had planted them for the pleasure of it; I grew them without ever thinking of painting them.
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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’ve only myself to blame for it, my impotence most of all and my weakness. If I do any good work now it will be only by chance.
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Colors pursue me like a constant worry. They even worry me in my sleep.
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For me, the subject is of secondary importance: I want to convey what is alive between me and the subject.
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To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at.
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I’m enjoying the most perfect tranquillity, free from all worries, and in consequence would like to stay this way forever, in a peaceful corner of the countryside like this.
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I never draw except with brush and paint.
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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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Light is the most important person in the picture.
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Listening only to my instincts, I discovered superb things.
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