Perhaps it’s true that I’m very hard on myself, but that’s better than exhibiting mediocre work… too few were satisfactory enough to trouble the public with.
CLAUDE MONETIf the world really looks like that I will paint no more!
More Claude Monet Quotes
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I work at my garden all the time and with love. What I need most are flowers, always. My heart is forever in Giverny.
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Everything changes, even stone.
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All of a sudden I had the revelation of how enchanting my pond was.
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No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition.
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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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For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at any moment.
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My life has been nothing but a failure.
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Colors pursue me like a constant worry. They even worry me in my sleep.
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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’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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Nothing in the whole world is of interest to me but my painting and my flowers.
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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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I’m in fine fettle and fired with a desire to paint.
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Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.
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