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I’ve done what I could as a painter and that seems to me to be sufficient. I don’t want to be compared to the great masters of the past, and my painting is open to criticism; that’s enough.

Claude Monet

Listening only to my instincts, I discovered superb things.
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Discover Listening Myself
I can only draw what I see.
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Draw Myself See
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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Myself Paint Try Water Wonderful
Now I really feel the landscape, I can be bold and include every tone of pink and blue: it’s enchanting, it’s delicious, and I hope it will please you.
CLAUDE MONET

Bold Delicious Enchanting Feeling Hope Nature Yourself
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 is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.
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Afraid Bad Courage Paint Physical Tragedy World
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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Bed Feeling Happiness Mental Myself
All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it.
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Brush Myself See Sight Universe
No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition.
CLAUDE MONET

Artist Composition Head Oneself Painting Photograph
It is better to have done something than to have been someone.
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Action Better Myself Reputation
For me, the subject is of secondary importance: I want to convey what is alive between me and the subject.
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Alive Important Myself Subject
I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.
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Flower Myself Paint
I would like to paint the way a bird sings.
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Artist Bird Myself Paint Sing Way
I haven’t many years left ahead of me and I must devote all my time to painting, in the hope of achieving something worthwhile in the end, something if possible that will satisfy me.
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Achievement Devotion Myself Paint Possible Satisfaction Time
Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.
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Joy Obsession Torment
My work is always better when I am alone and follow my own impressions.
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Alone Art Better Impression Myself Work

I’ve done what I could as a painter and that seems to me to be sufficient. I don’t want to be compared to the great masters of the past, and my painting is open to criticism; that’s enough.

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