black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.

Claude Monet

I’m never finished with my paintings; the further I get, the more I seek the impossible and the more powerless I feel.
CLAUDE MONET

Feeling Impossible Myself Paint Power Seek
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
Nature won’t be summoned to order and won’t be kept waiting. It must be caught, well caught.
CLAUDE MONET

Catch Nature Order
Never, even as a child, would I bend to a rule.
CLAUDE MONET

Children Myself Rule
I’m continuing to work hard, not without periods of discouragement, but my strength comes back again.
CLAUDE MONET

Encouragement Hard Work Myself Period Strength
My eyes were finally opened and I understood nature. I learned at the same time to love it.
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Eyes Learning Myself Nature Open Time Understand
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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Alone Better Business Hard Impossible Oneself
My life has been nothing but a failure.
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Failure Life Myself
The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.
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Atmosphere Beautiful Change Light Time
I must have flowers, always, and always.
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Flower Myself
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.
CLAUDE MONET

Character Convey Effect Himself Impression Sincere
The more I live, the more I regret how little i know.
CLAUDE MONET

Live Myself Regret
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.
CLAUDE MONET

Blame Chance Goodness Impotent Myself Weakness 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
One can do something if one can see and understand it.
CLAUDE MONET

Myself See Sight Understand
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

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