The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.
CLAUDE MONETI want to paint the air in which the bridge, the house and the boat are to be found – the beauty of the air around them, and that is nothing less than the impossible.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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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.
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I will bring lots of studies back with me so I can work on some big things at home.
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Colors pursue me like a constant worry. They even worry me in my sleep.
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I didn’t become an impressionist. As long as I can remember I always have been one.
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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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I don’t think I’m made for any earthly kind of pleasure.
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I still don’t know where I am going to sleep tomorrow.
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While adding the finishing touches to a painting might appear insignificant, it is much harder to do than one might suppose.
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The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.
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Most people think I paint fast. I paint very slowly.
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Techniques vary, art stays the same; it is a transposition of nature at once forceful and sensitive.
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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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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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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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I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly.
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