I despise the opinion of the press and the so-called critics.
CLAUDE MONETI’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.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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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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Zaandam has enough to paint for a lifetime.
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I didn’t become an impressionist. As long as I can remember I always have been one.
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As for myself, I met with as much success as I ever could have wanted. In other words, I was enthusiastically run-down by every critic of the period.
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A good impression is lost so quickly.
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I never draw except with brush and paint.
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Light is the most important person in the picture.
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My eyes were finally opened and I understood nature. I learned at the same time to love it.
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My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece
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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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Getting up at 4 in the morning, I slave away all day until by the evening I’m exhausted, and I end by forgetting all my responsibilities, thinking only of the work I’ve set out to do.
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What I need most of all is color, always, always.
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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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Thanks to my work everything’s going well; it’s a great consolation.
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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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