black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

I am enslaved to my work, always wanting the impossible, and never, I believe, have I been less favoured by the endlessly changeable weather.

Claude Monet

To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at.
CLAUDE MONET

Forget Name Philosophy See Sight
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.
CLAUDE MONET

Criticism Myself Period Success Word
It’s the hardest thing to be alone in being satisfied with what one’s done.
CLAUDE MONET

Alone Hard Oneself Satisfaction
I am enslaved to my work, always wanting the impossible, and never, I believe, have I been less favoured by the endlessly changeable weather.
CLAUDE MONET

Believe Change End Impossible Slave Weather Work
I waited for the idea to consolidate, for the grouping and composition of themes to settle themselves in my brain.
CLAUDE MONET

Brain Group Ideas Myself Wait
While adding the finishing touches to a painting might appear insignificant, it is much harder to do than one might suppose.
CLAUDE MONET

Add Finish Hard Work Oneself Paint Touch
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.
CLAUDE MONET

Exhaustion Hard Work Myself Sea See
The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.
CLAUDE MONET

Achievement Inspirational Myself Nature Rich Source
I don’t think I’m made for any earthly kind of pleasure.
CLAUDE MONET

Build Earth Happiness Kind Myself Thinking
What I need most of all is color, always, always.
CLAUDE MONET

Color Myself Need
Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.
CLAUDE MONET

Joy Obsession Torment
Despite my extremely modest prices, dealers and art lovers are turning their backs on me. It is very depressing to see the lack of interest shown in an art object which has no market value.
CLAUDE MONET

Art Deal Depression Interest Love Market Modesty Myself Price Value
I’m working hard with more determination than ever. My success at the Salon led to my selling several paintings and since your absence I have made 800 francs; I hope, when I have contracts with more dealers, it will be better still.
CLAUDE MONET

Absence Better Deal Determination Hard Work Myself Paint
I sometimes feel ashamed that I am devoting myself to artistic pursuits while so many of our people are suffering and dying for us. It’s true that fretting never did any good.
CLAUDE MONET

Devotion Goodness Shame Suffering True
One can do something if one can see and understand it.
CLAUDE MONET

Myself See Sight Understand
All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it.
CLAUDE MONET

Brush Myself See Sight Universe

I am enslaved to my work, always wanting the impossible, and never, I believe, have I been less favoured by the endlessly changeable weather.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

I am enslaved to my work, always wanting the impossible, and never, I believe, have I been less favoured by the endlessly changeable weather.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Claude Monet Quotes