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Claude Monet

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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Advice Draw Learning Light Oneself Sea
If the world really looks like that I will paint no more!
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Appearance Myself Painting World
I say that whoever claims to have finished a canvas is terribly arrogant.
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Finish Myself Terrible
All of a sudden I had the revelation of how enchanting my pond was.
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Enchanting Myself Reveal
It is better to have done something than to have been someone.
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Action Better Myself Reputation
I despise the opinion of the press and the so-called critics.
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Criticism Myself Opinion
Never, even as a child, would I bend to a rule.
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Children Myself Rule
I would like to paint the way a bird sings.
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Artist Bird Myself Paint Sing Way
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.
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Devotion Goodness Shame Suffering True
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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Criticism Myself Period Success Word
The more I live, the more I regret how little i know.
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Live Myself Regret
I’m continuing to work hard, not without periods of discouragement, but my strength comes back again.
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Encouragement Hard Work Myself Period Strength
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.
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Absence Better Deal Determination Hard Work Myself Paint
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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Beautiful Day Desire Discover Head Myself
It took me time to understand my water lilies. I had planted them for the pleasure of it; I grew them without ever thinking of painting them.
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Growth Happiness Myself Paint Time Understand Water
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

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